Montana Senate endorses repeal of medical marijuana law

[Newsjock]

Source: Missoulian

The Senate voted 29-21 on Thursday to repeal Montana's medical marijuana law after an emotionally charged debate marked by angry political finger-pointing by senators from both sides.

After debating for more than an hour, the Senate finally gave preliminary approval to House Bill 161, by Speaker Mike Milburn, R-Cascade, to repeal the state's controversial medical marijuana law on July 1. The Senate will take a final vote on the bill Friday.

... Sen. Dave Wanzenried, D-Missoula, took offense to comments characterizing medical marijuana users as people running with the wrong crowd.

"How dare you say that," he shouted. "For people that have MS, Lou Gehrig's disease and a whole host of other maladies that have chosen not to be addicted to narcotics, that the wrong crowd? But no, we have a pharmaceutical industry that can market that. We said that's OK."

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[stevedeshazer]

1. We're on the same path!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x786874

The Missoulian is a wealth of information.

[bluestateguy]

2. Big government conservatism again

nt

[NBachers]

3. "Isn't it time to get the government off the backs of the American People?"

St. Ronnie of Christ Almighty Amen

[No Elephants]

4. Well, Milburn is no Einstein.

"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this."

Albert Einstein, "My First Impression of the U.S.A.", 1921