Helena Independent Record, 30 Oct 2012 – There is much confusion about Initiative Referendum 124. In an effort to clarify, Youth Connections would like to offer this statement: In 2004, the people of Montana passed an initiative to allow marijuana to be used for medical purposes. Our elected legislators and state and local experts determined this original law was insufficient in regulating the use of marijuana as medicine as evidenced by criminal activity connected to dispensary operations, requirement of little to no medical oversight by a physician, and increased availability of the drug leading to recreational use by youth.