Schweitzer will let medical marijuana reform bill become law

royalwulff said on: April 30, 2011, 1:03 am

This legislative session is nothing more than laughable. I cannot believe that these people actually claim to represent the citizens of this state. I have never been so embarrassed for elected officials.

Support MMJ or not, the way this was accomplished was very simply - wrong.

BTW, I generally lean to the right, and vote accordingly. I am a strong supporter of the second amendment. I am a veteran. I am a 4th generation Montanan. I also have a degree in Cell Biology and Neuroscience, along with advanced studies in pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, human physiology, and human pathophysiology, and the use and abuse of drugs. I work under a medical license from the State of Montana Board of Medical Examiners.

I have the knowledge, education, and experience to state - for a fact - that medical marijuana is an effective tool in managing a number of different medical problems.

Is the current system flawed? Yes. Is SB423 the answer? Absolutely not.

People need to wake up and realize that marijuana is a relatively benign substance that actually has a great deal of medicinal advantages.

By the logic of SB423, we should impose the same laws and restrictions on the bar and restaurant industry to curb the outrageous rate of 5th, 6th, 7th DUI offenders and - oh yeah - one of the highest rates of drunk driving fatalities in the country.

Test module hits wire, cuts power to 1,300 homes

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Bert said on: April 12, 2011, 6:48 pm
Give me a break. First Conoco hits a rock wall and blocks traffic multiple times over an hour, and now Exxon shuts off power to 1,300 people and blocks traffic in both directions for an hour? If you listen to old Pius Rolheiser, though, as long as "nobody was hurt," the move was a success! Never mind the fact that the whole effort was a failure.

Seems the last time I violated a traffic law, I got a ticket that cost me a chunk of change. How come the rules are different for the world's wealthiest corporation? ITD says: "We don't like to levy fines right from the get-go or flat out deny people permits, but we do ask them to make changes." Someone remind me to tell that to the next police officer who pulls me over. I'm sure that will go over well.

According to Exxon and MDT, we're all just going to have to trust our luck with these megaloads. After all, according to Exxon, "No accidents are possible" - that's why they never made an emergency response plan, they told us at the Missoula public meeting.

The news from last night makes a mockery of the Missoulian's editorial board. "Ridiculous" - that's what they said about concerns related to public safety and our economy.

Right...

Big Sky tournament: An end to March Fiscal Madness?

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RJ said on: March 25, 2011, 9:38 am

As a parent of a student who is enrolled at the UM, I can honestly say that spending this amount to send the mens BB team to Greely for a tournament and a chance to go play in the NCAA bracket is personally far less offensive on a fiscal level than seeing the university/sports systems spend an amount even higher than this to purchase NEW helmets and full uniforms to be worn in one game (think cat/griz 2011)..This was an appalling waste of school system/sports system money in my opinion that seemed to fly under the radar...I'm not a big sports fan and I don't lose sleep when any of the UM sports programs lose games. Yes I enjoy watching from time to time and yes I enjoy seeing the programs win as I feel it is a positive for the U as a whole, but the college is there to educate the kids not create some illusion of the athletes being special royalty of campus and placing them up on a pedistal. I have a hard time believing that buying 20K-30K worth of helmets and uniforms is going to make the kids any smarter?? It didn't seem to make them play any better so I'll let the results speak for themselves...

Montana Senate committee deadlocks on medical marijuana repeal

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pikeman said on: March 14, 2011, 9:12 pm

All of this has been very interesting. Personally, I thought MMJ was going to be repealed, although Shweitzer may have vetoed it. It's hard to say though. The most interesting thing, is it ended up being a tied vote in the senate, right down to the wire.
It is scary what is going on in this country right now. Why are those of us that are standing up for our rights and what we voted for being called "leftists". and "dopers" even right here in Montana by commenters of the Missoulian?
How can we be "leftists" when we are actually standing up for peoples rights as voters. The Legislature has no right to turn over a popular vote! These Republicans are supposedly for the Constitution, yet they try to turn over a popular vote because, according to Mike Milburn we were "duped" into it. Personally, I think many Montanans were "duped" into voting for Mike Milburn and many of his Republican cronies. This is not just about MMJ either. The Republicans, mainly, are trying to overturn the equality ordinance (which personally I had some things against) and decrimanalization of marijuana in Missoula. The bottom line is these were voter approved. Congess is trying to say that we don't know what's good for us, Big Brother knows best.
Well, I've always considered myself a Moderate, and I voted for Ron Paul in the last election. I am no leftist, and until I see the Rupublicans start voting for our freedoms, instead of their own agenda, I will always vote against them.

Proposed Missoula housing development raises issues on rentals, density

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IM said on: March 14, 2011, 12:12 pm

I'm from Missoula and I want what's right for the environment as long as it does not disturb my right to drive my Subaru to the Good Food Store to buy overpackaged organic products from mexico.

Column: Schweitzer budget on life support

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hanoverfist said on: March 14, 2011, 7:35 am

it's a shame that charles s. johnson of the missoulian state bureau in helena can't write an objective article.same old missoulian liberal rant on the bad republicans not listening to the good democratic govner. Maybe charles s. johnson should look into the tax agency authority before he reports on the bad republicans stealing from babies and giving it to the big bad corporations. if our tax collection bureau has the authority to get the big bad tax cheats then why should we waste 6.1 million on more bureaucracy? would that be so the govner can give another distant family member lifelong employment? hey charles s. johnson, how about some actual investigative reporting instead of being a mouthpiece for the govner and democrats?

Anti-abortion group to hold 40-day vigil outside Missoula clinic

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MTminded said on: March 11, 2011, 8:02 am

daggone says: "Abortion will be banned. A majority of Americans now oppose this legal bloodbath. It will stop."

Abortion may be banned. Doubtful, but perhaps. But abortion will not stop. Abortion will be desired by women and utilized regardless of its legal status. You are accomplishing nothing.

If these folks really wanted to pray for something useful, they should be in Helena attempting to sway our legislators to promote affordable, effective birth control for all women and men, sex education in schools, and social services that are beneficial to children, mothers, and families. Protesting abortion is nothing more than protesting a symptom of a problem ..it accomplishes nothing.