Missoulian story.
If you thought the wolf debate was hot, it doesn't touch the Medical Marijuana issue. Both sides are worked up into such a tizzy, heads are spinning and explosions are imminent. The Comment provided by doohan is slightly refreshing amongst all the flecks of brain matter from both sides that have spattered onto the Medical Marijuana Comment boards. I will give it to the pro Marijuana crowd on this story, however, because the Legislature repealing a voter initiative is plain bass-ackwards democracy.
-Modde
doohan said on: February 20, 2011, 4:09 pm
The entire idea that there is a crisis here was created by the media and others with a financial interest in keeping marijuana illegal. Law enforcement sees this as a jobs bill for more police, as it's alot easier to bust pot smokers than it is to go after real criminals. Organizations like the Rimrock group thrive on judges sending people with minor drug offenses for rehab, whether they need it or not. The Hi-liners in the legislature are radical right wing religious zealots who believe they know God's will and are intent on making the rest of us live accordingly. Lee enterprises has spent the last year putting the words "medical marijuana" in as many headlines as possible because it sells papers. I travel extensively within the state and haven't seen anyone using marijuana in public. If even half of the MM cardholders in the state don't meet some ill-defined medical criteria for which most people would agree the "deserve" it, why is that a problem for anyone else? I don't use marijuana, but find it bizarre that so many people with no direct involvement with marijuana get so bent out of shape about it. In a society in which we are free to abuse ourselves and kill and maim others through open access to alcohol, what sense does it make to demonize a healthier and safer substance?
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