Pubdate: Wed, 09 Mar 2011
Source: Billings Gazette, The (MT)
Copyright: 2011 The Billings Gazette
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/515
Author: Myron Gross

DON'T LET US BECOME 'BEST DRUG PLACE'

We were deliberately misled by out-of-state special interest groups,
who claimed Initiative 148 was only for people with a debilitating
medical condition. These groups used voter compassion to get this into
law, playing up the suffering of people.

We now have a disaster in the making with over 28,000 medical
marijuana users -- and an additional 1,000 per month are being added.
The largest numbers of new users are between the ages of 21 and 30.
Montanans didn't vote for an increase in drug use among teens, an
increase in drug driving crashes, or having almost one of 10 people on
parole or probation being a medical marijuana card user. Do you see a
problem? This is not what we voted for in 2004.

Montanans didn't vote to make our state the distribution capital of
America for marijuana. Montana will be changed from "The Last Best
Place" to "The Best Drug Place" if this current mess is not repealed.

Myron Gross

Park City
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