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Growing Marijuana Legal Under State Law
Posted by CN Staff on September 10, 2008 at 06:11:08 PT
By Tom Lutey Of The Gazette Staff
Source: Billings Gazette
Livingston, MT -- Downtown Livingston has gone to pot.In the open garage doorway of a small white warehouse, six blocks from the Park County Sheriff's Office and minutes from the nouveau eateries and art galleries where tourists stroll, Homer Terry churns ice into a five-gallon bucket of marijuana.
It's a hot Friday afternoon. The whir of Terry's power drill and stir paddle mixes with the shovel chucks of a nearby railroad crew spreading gravel. He gives the customary Montana greeting of a slight head nod and an easy smile to passers-by, but otherwise he keeps working, blending bits of marijuana into a potent smokable paste.Some would say Terry is making hashish, but the man with drill in hand churning a icy drink of cannabis prefers to say he's harvesting "tri-chromes," that is, the secretions of resins rich in THC forming on the exterior of discarded marijuana plant matter. Others would say Terry and the other half-dozen volunteers toiling on the northern edge of a busy thoroughfare in this sleepy railroad town are growing dope. Terry, a volunteer at the medical-marijuana growing co-op, would say he's making medicine. And the state of Montana agrees.It has been four years since Montana voters cast an overwhelming vote to legalize medical marijuana. The ballot initiative, allowing patients with a doctor's referral to grow as many as six marijuana plants for medicinal purposes, garnered more voter support that November than Gov. Brian Schweitzer or U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg.In practice, however the law is receiving mixed reviews. Patient groups and legally sanctioned growers say they now navigate a vague legal path with enough unexpected curves to send some, unintentionally, into violation of drug laws.Likewise, law enforcement officials say they are seeing the emergence of a marijuana culture they didn't expect, with a few large indoor marijuana farms and a shield of confidentiality preventing detectives from determining whether business is being done according to law.In practice, medical marijuana didn't take root right away in Montana. Even after the law passed with 63 percent approval Nov. 2, 2004, newspaper accounts of the vote suggested that "Montanans suffering from certain medical conditions may be able to legally smoke marijuana" with emphasis on the word "may," not "can." Prior to the vote, Montanans were warned by U.S. deputy drug czar Scott Burns that federal law trumps state law and that Montana wouldn't be a safe harbor for legal cannabis.Except for a few incidents, however, medical marijuana in Montana hasn't resulted in many arrests by federal or state officials. State registration of patients approved to use medical marijuana has more than tripled in the last year, said Roy Kemp, who issues medical-marijuana licenses for the state Department of Public Health and Human Services."We had 1,280 registered patients this July," said Kemp, who receives 40 to 50 applications a week. "We had 358 last July."State health officials run a registry of patients, Kemp said. It tracks the number of participating doctors, currently 162, as well as the number of appointed caregivers, 386. The state never discloses the names of the people involved to anyone, including police.What Kemp will disclose are the categories of qualifying conditions into which registrants fall. Patients suffering from severe and chronic pain with nausea or muscle spasms represent 70 percent of those registered for what's conversationally called a green card, a plastic medical-marijuana license good for one year. Patients suffering from severe seizures coupled with severe nausea and muscle spasms are the second largest group, at 11 percent. One Patient's Experience   Included in the remaining 8 percent of registered patients is Donna Woodworth, who has struggled with diminishing weight since being treated for colon cancer 25 years ago. Appetite loss due to medical treatment or chronic condition is one of about a dozen conditions covered by the state medical-marijuana law."Suddenly, I can eat what I call my old-lady diet," said Woodworth, "yogurt and mashed potatoes and some bread. Basically that's what I eat."Since being approved for medical marijuana, Woodworth said, her body weight has increased from 80 pounds to 112. Using cannabis is not an easy subject to talk about, said Woodworth, who lives in Livingston and receives her marijuana from Montana Caregivers, a registered corporation that grows marijuana for some 50 medical-marijuana patients.Marijuana use bears a stigma with or without the state card, said Woodworth, who nervously spoke of her experience while standing in Montana Caregivers' Park Avenue office. People who casually know she uses cannabis assume she's doing something wrong.At the mention of implied wrongdoing, grower Ronita Minnick begins to laugh. She, her husband, David, and another grower formed a sort of co-op and started growing medical marijuana a year ago. Friends then were warning that they were all going to jail. They've been waiting for the bad news ever since."There were a lot of people saying, 'You're not in jail yet?' " said Minnick. "And some are still saying 'You're not in jail?' "  'Caregivers' With Green Thumbs  The Minnicks are registered patients. Ronita has a degenerative diabetic eye disease. Dave's spine was injured in an auto accident that causes him chronic pain. But they're also caregivers, the term used by the state to identify people chosen by patients to grow medical marijuana.Caregivers have to be selected by a patient. No selection, no authorization to grow marijuana legally. Each patient is allowed to have up to six marijuana plants. A caregiver with several patients can have a pretty big crop. The growers in Minnicks' co-op are raising about 300 medical-marijuana plants in multiple stages under grow lights inside a secured building.The operation is legitimate under state medical-marijuana standards, but the setting mirrors a noncertified operation. There are smoking pipes and rolling papers in the break room, along with smoke-free marijuana vaporizers for patients concerned about carcinogens.The varieties of marijuana grown sport names like AK-47, White Widow and Kush. Different varieties produce different highs."It's a large grow operation," said Tim Barnes, a detective with the Missouri River Drug Task Force. "Minnick was in the newspapers, so we've always known what was going on. Dave's pretty much been forthcoming." Lingering Legal Questions Dave Minnick not only invited the detectives to check out his crop, he said he approached the Park County attorney before he got going so law enforcement wouldn't be alarmed. They were still alarmed, Minnick said. The county prosecutor first told Minnick to leave, then called in a deputy and asked the caregiver to stay once he realized Minnick wasn't joking.Barnes isn't sure large grow operations were expected when the medical-marijuana initiative passed. It's one of many issues he thinks the law overlooked or ignored. Growers aren't required to keep records, and because state records are tightly guarded, it's difficult to determine if the marijuana is being grown for registered patients and if the amount of marijuana grown exceeds the limit of six plants per patient.Barnes also has concerns about caregivers growing a small number of plants in homes where children are present. And he's not entirely convinced everyone registered for medical marijuana needs it. There is no age limit for legally using medical marijuana."One of the things that concerns me is that more people are moving here because they can have access to medical marijuana," Barnes said. "It's all over the state, not just here."Patients and caregivers have concerns, too, said Tom Daubert, with Patients and Families United, an advocacy group for medical-marijuana users.Working with law enforcement, Daubert and others are trying to work some of the kinks out of the state law. Patients and Families United would like to see some allowances for transportation by nonpatients. Patients too ill to travel now must rely on caregiver home delivery or courier, which poses problems because only patients and caregivers can possess the drug. Barnes and other detectives want more accountability written into the law.One Missoula patient committed suicide last year after drug enforcement agents seized her marijuana because it was sent through United Parcel Service.The group would also like to increase the amount of marijuana a patient is allowed to have on hand from an ounce, roughly a lunch bag full, to a larger amount. The group lobbied the 2007 Legislature to make the changes, but to no avail.Federal officials would like to put the kibosh on medical marijuana, in part because they believe it undermines drug prevention programs such as the elementary school program Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or DARE."I don't have a lot of huge worries about it because I trust Americans to fix what they break, but I'm worried about the message we're sending to our kids. That's a tragedy," said Jeffrey Sweetin, special agent in charge of the Rocky Mountain Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. "The kids that flunked DARE are now telling your kids, my kids, that this is medicine."Marijuana is classified as a Schedule I narcotic, meaning that the federal government believes it has no useful purpose. Doctors can't prescribe the drug without breaking the law, they can only recommend it. Government agencies like the National Institutes of Health have argued for years that marijuana is damaging, Sweetin said. That argument was not heard in states where marijuana advocates have persuaded voters to allow medical marijuana."Please understand, we don't ignore marijuana grow operations," Sweetin said. "I assure you, there are thresholds at every U.S. attorney's office."Not all doctors agree that marijuana is harmful. Ed Stickney, a retired physician in Billings, has written referrals for several patients. He said that particularly in pain cases, marijuana poses less of an addiction threat than powerful painkillers like OxyContin."I contend that if it were discovered today, marijuana would be considered a miracle drug," Stickney said. Complete Title: Growing Marijuana Legal Under State Law, But Feds Remain WarySource: Billings Gazette, The (MT)Author: Tom Lutey Of The Gazette StaffPublished: Wednesday, September 10, 2008Copyright: 2008 The Billings GazetteContact: speakup billingsgazette.comWebsite: http://www.billingsgazette.com/Montana NORMLhttp://www.montananorml.org/CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #42 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 12:14:29 PT
True.
"Somethings are best not to be brought to mind again."
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Comment #41 posted by FoM on September 11, 2008 at 11:44:39 PT
Hope
Somethings are best not to be brought to mind again. I know that's not nice but that's how I feel. LOL!
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Comment #40 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 11:42:45 PT
Comment 38
Lol!I forgot about that!
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Comment #39 posted by FoM on September 11, 2008 at 11:19:24 PT
Hope
I find it easy to handle money. We spend it, save it and do without it when lean times come. 
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Comment #38 posted by FoM on September 11, 2008 at 11:17:11 PT
Hope
I can barely look at the pictures but they look like him. Remember he looks and acts like my son's father. LOL!
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Comment #37 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 11:14:05 PT
Noted and worth remembering.
"If we keep our motives pure we won't become addicted to the worst drug of all and that's money". Some people can handle it, money, it appears ... but I've seen some who apparently couldn't.
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Comment #36 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 11:10:08 PT
This is a joke, I think.
If it's true... he might really have been "struck by lighting". Look at that smile.http://www.myspace.com/bobbarr2008 Is that a picture of a look a like?This one might be for real. I haven't read enough to decide.http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/That doesn't look like Bob Barr in that picture at the top.http://bobbarrforums.com/viewforum.php?f=31&sid=3441acde18de70b67444e55721892d03 It's the same picture as the myspace page.
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Comment #35 posted by FoM on September 11, 2008 at 10:12:02 PT
Hope
You're welcome and thank you. If we keep our motives pure we won't become addicted to the worst drug of all and that's money. 
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Comment #34 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 10:07:58 PT
What you say 
makes me realize that, once again, lo these many years, that I should mention and remind you how grateful I am to you for C-News and how dedicated you are to this cause and hope for freedom from uncalled for persecution of a group of people by a more powerful group of people.It's small recompense, but all you will take.... Thank you.
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Comment #33 posted by FoM on September 11, 2008 at 08:54:08 PT
Politicians
Barr is a politician and takes lobbyist's money. Remember Barthwell taking money? I don't trust politicians if they are in the pockets of anyone. Money is a red flag to me.
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Comment #32 posted by FoM on September 11, 2008 at 08:50:36 PT
Barr
If Barr honestly stood behind Barney Frank's Bill that would be a good beginning.
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Comment #31 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 08:49:34 PT
I'd like to know how Jim, Gary, and Jackie
feel about Barr, today. They have a lot to forgive.
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Comment #30 posted by FoM on September 11, 2008 at 08:48:45 PT
Trust
Hope that's it for me too. Trust is something that is earned not just freely given.
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Comment #29 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 08:45:34 PT
Barr
and the comments over at Huffington Post.I love what Colleen McCool (McCool) said over there about how politicians usually are. It's so true. They are, according to McCool, ... "so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can't bother about where they're going." I forgive Barr for one of the greater disappointments about my country's government and what it really is, ever handed to me... and even his cruelty and ignorance, although as far as cruelty to others is concerned... that's not all mine to forgive.I forgive completely, on some level... but it's going to take a whole lot of something besides forgiveness for me to ever trust him. I'm not God or even good. I know the value of forgiving ... and I believe I can truly forgive someone for an offense without being naive enough, because of that forgiveness, to actually trust them. I forgive him. He doesn't want us to forget about him... or push the remembrance of his deeds into a place of not tended to sorrows. So I can't forget him so easily... but I'm not ready to place the glory of my trust in his once, oh so hateful hands at the moment.
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Comment #28 posted by FoM on September 11, 2008 at 08:01:57 PT
Hope
What Bob Barr did in DC against medical marijuana was unforgivable to me. Once I write a person off that's it for me. I don't look back. I don't believe the state's right argument anymore either. That is just a scape goat. I feel the red states would never see any change that way.
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Comment #27 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 07:55:53 PT
Robin's picture.
I knew that was going to hurt, bad, when it loaded.
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Comment #26 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 07:53:44 PT
Montana
True Compassion.Org? Barr's piece at Huffington Post.There's a lot to take in here.But I think they have a black guitarist, I can't see who it might be, and maybe... I can't get it to load... another one of our old "friends", an avowed, lifetime "pothead"'s music backed into a low corner over there.
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Comment #25 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 07:48:37 PT
A terrible day, indeed, FoM.
Montana means Robin. Robin means MBC. MBC was a friend of mine.
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Comment #24 posted by FoM on September 11, 2008 at 07:29:36 PT
afterburner
What a terrible day it was when it clicked in my mind that Robin was MBC. I don't want anymore people to give up on life for any reason.
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Comment #23 posted by afterburner on September 11, 2008 at 07:22:40 PT
Here's a Nice Picture of Robin
I'll never forget the subject line of her first email: "It's me, mbc"Robin Prosser Memorial Patients’ Legal Defense Fund
http://www.mtmjpatients.org/robin.html
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Comment #22 posted by FoM on September 11, 2008 at 06:54:48 PT
gloovins 
Thank you. I hope you are doing well too. 
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Comment #21 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 06:19:57 PT
Storm Crow!
Where is your collection of studies? I bookmarked it, but I can't seem to find it. I don't manage my bookmarks as well with the Firefox method and I can't find it... unless this, http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/study.php , is your compilation.
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/study.php
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Comment #20 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 06:14:30 PT
Clinical Studies and Case Reports
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/study.php
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Comment #19 posted by Hope on September 11, 2008 at 06:09:03 PT
Jeffrey Sweetin
"The kids that flunked DARE are now telling your kids, my kids, that this is medicine."Go ahead, Mr. Sweetin. Cling to your lies and your position until the day you die. You surely deserve it.
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Comment #18 posted by mykeyb420 on September 10, 2008 at 23:14:37 PT
I'm Not John McCain
but I approve of this message.
It is good for a laugh
RNC in a nutshell
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Comment #17 posted by gloovins on September 10, 2008 at 23:03:55 PT
blah blah is right
This article couldve been written 10 years ago aside from the fact of Robin Prosser's tragic death would not be in for the DEAth's agents arguments are the same. To hell with the will of the people of whatever State and common sense!"The kids that flunked DARE are now telling your kids, my kids, that this is medicine."Ahhh, yeah cause it's the truth. Btw, flunked DARE? Isn't it an optional exhibition style "course"? MMM, can you give me some stats on how many pass / fail? I'll be waiting... It wasn't in my HS come to think of it - DARE - but I do rmbr seeing in like 4th grade - 8 years old, seeing a movie or large screen video where they showed a portly young guy at a woodstock like concert overlaying the audio of "it has been known to cause males to grow breasts..." I was like wtf?? Even at 10 years old - but it did scare me & I do rmbr it to this day, but I digress...RIP Robin tho again, the ideas proposed earlier in the thread are all worthy. On the brighter side, more and more people are getting their meds and are living by far a greater quality of life than before...this statement is testament:"One of the things that concerns me is that more people are moving here because they can have access to medical marijuana," Barnes said. "It's all over the state, not just here."OMG!! No - not more people!! In Montana?? WTF? This world is crazy, too bad they use OUR TAX money to habitually undermine the Will of the PEOPLE of every state and watch over plant growers with their knives ready to pounce on a sick fellow US citizen at their discretion. Remember, 1 plant is a crime. Yeah well so is putting gasoline in a glass jar jackboot dick.Your prohibitionist tactics kill people daily, hope you are happy...I'm not because you use my money to fuel your bogus war on fellow citizens who just want to improve their quality of life with a plant - God forbid that, right?I have this philosophy that the higher in government a person is, the less common sense is used and only more rhetoric is spoken to further advance in office.Goodnight all - hope u r well FoM...
 
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Comment #16 posted by HempWorld on September 10, 2008 at 19:56:33 PT
Bla, bla, bla (you can't have it) bla, bla, bla ..
Dear mykeyb420 and fight_4_freedom I'm so sorry and sad to read your stories below. It seems this is the only way is for the people who suffer from cancer (there are a lot of them) and other diseases, to finally stand up to whoever stands in our way between life and death. Nobody else seems to care until they get the diagnosis they have become one of us!
On a mission from God!
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on September 10, 2008 at 19:28:48 PT
OT: Sex, Drugs And Oil
http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/09/10/sex-drugs-oil-biz-beltway-cx_jz_0909rik.html
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Comment #14 posted by greenmed on September 10, 2008 at 17:32:46 PT
truecompassion.org a bogus site
truecompassion.org seems to be another of Calvina Fay's DFAF "clone sites."nslookup www.truecompassion.org> www.truecompassion.org  canonical name = truecompassion.org.> Name:  truecompassion.org> Address: 216.134.220.40nslookup www.dfaf.org> Name:  www.dfaf.org> Address: 216.134.220.5Note the proximity of the IP addresses. The helpful sitehttp://www.arin.net/whois/indicates both IPs are owned and allocated by "Lightning Technology Group" in Florida.http://www.teamlightning.com/
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Comment #13 posted by goneposthole on September 10, 2008 at 16:58:52 PT
uff da
I had no idea that there was such a domain and with the content that it has.
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Comment #12 posted by fight_4_freedom on September 10, 2008 at 15:40:12 PT
Sad News
Montana medical marijuana patient Scott Day passed awayDear Adam:I have some very sad news to report: Yesterday, Scott Day unexpectedly passed away. Scott suffered from a terminal degenerative disease called muccopolysaccharidosis. He used medical marijuana to get relief from his constant pain and muscle spasms. Our thoughts and condolences are with Scott's family.Earlier this year, Scott and his wife Summer were raided, arrested, and charged with manufacturing marijuana. Despite the fact that Scott was clearly growing and using marijuana to treat the symptoms of his terminal illness, the county moved forward with their prosecution. Although Scott is dead, the charges are still pending against Summer, and her case is scheduled to go to trial in February. Please take a moment to contact the county attorney in Beaverhead, Jed Fitch, and urge him not to prosecute Summer Day. Please also include his administrative assistant, Amy Walker, on your e-mail.Jed Fitch — county attorney — jfitch co.beaverhead.mt.us
Amy Walker — administrative assistant — awalker co.beaverhead.mt.us
 
It is important to be very polite in your letter to the county attorney and his assistant. Here are some points you can use:  * Summer Day has already suffered too much.
  * This is a poor use of county resources because she will almost surely be acquitted under Montana's medical marijuana law.
  * Mr. Finch should have some compassion and use the discretion he has to drop charges.
  * It is cruel to prosecute Summer Day for trying to help her husband relieve his suffering in the final months of his life.It would also be helpful to send letters to the editor of the local newspapers. If you would like to send a letter to the editor, please contact me by e-mailing Zane mpp.org.Those close to Scott noted that his final six months of life were plagued with constant fear and anxiety due to the government's unwillingness to show compassion. The least Beaverhead County can do now is not force Summer to live with the same fear and anxiety as she deals with the grief of losing her husband.Sincerely,Zane Hurst
Legislative Analyst
Marijuana Policy Project
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Comment #11 posted by mykeyb420 on September 10, 2008 at 14:42:48 PT
too much pot ?
BREMERTON, Wash. -- A Bremerton man is facing prison time and the loss of his home for growing too much marijuana. He smokes pot for medical reasons, but the prosecutor says he was intending to give away his extra marijuana.The problem is, the state hasn't defined how much is too much.Robert Dalton can smoke and grow marijuana legally. He suffers from chronic back pain and has a medical marijuana prescription for it -- a law approved by voters 10 years ago."I have all the medical authorizations I need," he says.But now, the 61-year-old is on trial for allegedly growing too much, with intent to give the overflow to others."The defendant indicated that he was supplying two ladies with marijuana," said Deputy Kitsap County Prosecutor Coreen Schnefs. Dalton denies he was going to distribute the plants to anyone else.Police spotted Dalton's plants from the air. When approached, Dalton gave police a tour of his plants and took pictures. They later showed up with a search warrant, uprooting his 22 mature pot plants and dozens of immature plants, claiming they were more than the legal limit for a 60-day supply.Tthe state has yet to define how much constitutes is a 60-day supply."Attempts to define it are difficult, you are dealing with growing plants," said Douglas Hiatt, Dalton's attorney. "You never know what the heck is going to happen, just like when people plant a bunch of tomatoes, you know, they don't know how many tomatoes they are going to get."The state health department is working on defining a 60-day limit -- something all sides are waiting for. The proposal calls for 24 ounces - or 6 mature plants. Dalton had 22 mature plants.They hope to have the ruling as soon as next month.In the meantime, Dalton says he's being prosecuted simply because, "Kitsap County has a very strong hand and they are very anti medical marijuana over here."The Kitsap County prosecutor says this is not a case about the 60 day limit, but about a man who grew marijuana legally, with the intent to give it away. By giving it to someone else, it's a crime. 
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Comment #10 posted by FoM on September 10, 2008 at 14:19:24 PT
fight_4_freedom 
That it is. It's subtle and you're correct in my opinion.
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Comment #9 posted by fight_4_freedom on September 10, 2008 at 13:58:10 PT
True Compassion 
is the name of their website. Sounds like a knock on our movement and our initiative to me. www.truecompassion.org
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on September 10, 2008 at 13:33:35 PT
Federal Drug War Rethought
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-barr/federal-drug-war-rethough_b_125458.html
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on September 10, 2008 at 13:19:33 PT
fight_4_freedom 
What an odd video. I agree that we shouldn't believe all we hear and see and I don't believe this video.
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Comment #6 posted by fight_4_freedom on September 10, 2008 at 12:57:19 PT
Here's a video that has been floating around
for some time and has playing recently here in Michigan. More than likely brought upon by an opposition to our initiative.Here's a link to it.http://stoparrestingpatients.org/video.html
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Comment #5 posted by fight_4_freedom on September 10, 2008 at 08:55:25 PT
Good Idea Afterburner
I think I'll do that with my myspace page as well. Post a picture of her and give details of her story underneath it.It's good to see that things are going well out in Montana. I cannot believe we are less than 2 months away from this historic election. The excitement is really starting to build. I just stopped to ask a family down the street where they got their Obama yard sign from when I was on my way home from work yesterday. They informed me that an Obama campaign office just opened up across from city hall in my city. We talked for a while and in the end I got to meet some really nice people from my little stop.I plan on going in there today to pick up a couple yard signs. Also, our proposal 1 yard signs and pamphlets should be ready very shortly. The coordinator for MCCC will be making a trip up here as soon as they are ready.They are still hoping for additional funds to help out with the remainder of the campaign. Originally, they had set out to produce some ads to run on tv or maybe radio. Hopefully, they still have enough funds to do this. MCCC spent a lot of money during the petition drive.So if you want to help out our current push for medical marijuana in Michigan, go here.http://stoparrestingpatients.org/donate.html
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Comment #4 posted by goneposthole on September 10, 2008 at 08:30:35 PT
true compassion
The police in Santa Cruz are showing true compassion and the ability to think. This is very dangerous and should not be allowed. Cruelty and intolerance are the norm. It must not be abandoned. Now, even a doctor in Montana is allowing true compassion to dictate his medical decisions. Even more dangerous.There is no need to raise tolerance from zero. The latent cruel intentions of the State has to trump all and any indication of people's ability to think and truly care.The State will bring it to a grinding halt.
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Comment #3 posted by afterburner on September 10, 2008 at 08:07:49 PT
I Have an Idea
I plan to post a picture of Robin in my house, in memory. If anyone asks about it, I can share the sad story of how she was hounded to death by this dreadful prohibition.
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Comment #2 posted by Sam Adams on September 10, 2008 at 07:52:27 PT
No compassion
I ask again: how long do you think America will last without basic compassion? It's sorely lacking in our health care system - most doctors seem to have none. And it's definitely lacking in our criminal justice & security apparatus.The death of Robin Prosser is mentioned casually as just a blip on the radar - she is not even named. Just as we bomb 80 poor brown people to get 1 or 2 possible terrorists in Afganistan. No problem! We are primitive compared to Europe, we are like the Russians.We treat people in chronic pain like slaves or criminals. Any use of cannabis, an herb, and the doctors will take away all your medication, and possibly your children.
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on September 10, 2008 at 07:46:36 PT
Press Release From The Drug Policy Alliance
Long Live Mark LenoSeptember 10, 2008 URL: http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/091008leno.cfm
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