Pubdate: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 Source: Montana Standard (Butte, MT) Copyright: 2011 Jeffrey Knifong Contact: http://www.mtstandard.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/609 Author: Jeffrey Knifong IF MEDICAL MARIJUANA REPEALED, OPTIONS ARE FAR WORSE We all see what happens when we leave Montana issues up to the federal government. They let the wolf population spiral out of control, now the state will put its foot down. In 2004, Montana pushed back at big government and voted in medical marijuana. This is what our great state is all about. Would we rather have it go back to being controlled by the cartel? The kids will still be using it, just like for the last 70 years. If the law is repealed the drug lords will jump for joy. They can put any chemical compounds they want into their product - seems like terrorism to me. People who use medical cannabis expect high quality organic medicine, grown right here in Montana - not Mexico. It is hard to believe that potentially 100,000 people out of a million Montanans might be a card holder, or that one in eight people on probation and parole hold cards too - seems pretty realistic to me. So, Rep. Mike Milburn, let's get real. We overwhelmingly voted it in and we'd overwhelmingly do it again sir! Jeffrey Knifong Montana State Prison 700 Conley Lake Road Deer Lodge - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom