Pubdate: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 Source: Billings Gazette, The (MT) Copyright: 2011 The Billings Gazette Contact: http://billingsgazette.com/app/contact/?contact=letter Website: http://www.billingsgazette.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/515 Author: Kathleen Shannon Haney MONTANA HAS RIGHT TO ALLOW MARIJUANA Our state voted medical cannabis into law in 2004. There have been lives changed all around this great state by this great plant. I've talked to countless patients from all over our state whose whole families are flabbergasted at the improvements in patients. Their intake of narcotics and steroids has decreased beyond their wildest dreams! How is it that our proud state of Montana is letting the federal government turn people's lives upside-down! Their caregivers' businesses have been rendered defunct by the very people whose jobs are to keep us safe and sound. What a sad day in our state, and to top it off, we have a rogue and rude representative from the Heights praising the Lord for this happening when he has asked for less federal interference? He has less integrity than any single patient or caregiver across the state, including Jason Christ, which says a lot! Please contact your district representative and let them know how you feel. This is no longer a cannabis issue, but a state's right! Kathleen Shannon Haney Billings - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.