Helena Independent Record, 28 Oct 2012 – FROM MARINE TO DEADHEAD Chris Williams Is a Complex Man Former Medical Marijuana Provider Painted As ‘Compassionate,’ ‘Intimidating’
posted on October 31, 2012 by
US MT: LTE: Consider How Vote On Initiative Affects Our State
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.
posted on October 26, 2012 by
US MT: Column: Medical Marijuana Vote Makes Fine Muddle
The Billings Outpost, 24 Oct 2012 – Seasoned politicians will affirm that no one lacking a cast iron stomach should witness the making of sausage or law. Either can be traumatic. It is bad enough if these products are created in a butcher shop or legislative chambers. But law (or sausage) made in the street will twist the entrails of the most durable citizen.
posted on October 25, 2012 by
US MT: Medical Marijuana Advocate Christ Banned From Um Campus
Missoulian, 24 Oct 2012 – Former medical marijuana entrepreneur Jason Christ has been banned from the University of Montana campus after allegedly smoking marijuana in the law school, cursing someone upon being told UM President Royce Engstrom wasn’t available, and cursing another person as he sought a parking pass refund. A memo from Sgt. Ben Gladwin from the UM Office of Public Safety, successfully seeking to permanently bar Christ from campus, cited the following allegations:
posted on October 18, 2012 by
US MT: Medical Marijuana Opponents Accused Of Political Stunt
The Billings Gazette, 18 Oct 2012 – A press conference to charge Attorney General Steve Bullock of botching medical marijuana ballot language quickly soured on pot opponents who found themselves accused of blowing smoke. The anti-medical marijuana group Safe Communities, Safe Kids was staging a press conference Wednesday to announce a political practice complaint against Steve Bullock, when gate-crashing medical marijuana proponents and even a member of Bullock’s staff interrupted to deride the charges as election foolery.
