Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
One step forward, two steps back?
That's a fair question for medical marijuana advocates to ask in light of news out of Montana this morning that a prominent state senator plans to undo the citizen initiative that has allowed people to us medical marijuana there since 2004.
State Senator Jim Shockley is upset that the law doesn't properly address distribution and has no controls for cultivation and dosage.
"Yeah, it's out of control -- and it needs control, if not extinction," he said Friday. "There's no control over distribution. There's no control over who's growing it. There's no control in dosage."
He added that laws governing medical marijuana are too complicated for the citizen initiative process. In other words, Montanans aren't qualified to govern themselves by passing their own laws.
The law allowing medical marijuana passed by 62 percent in 2004. Yet Shockley plans to introduce a bill in 2011 that would overturn the law.
Montana has had a rough go of it in recent weeks, with two dispensaries being firebombed and several localities banning or extending moratoria on new dispensary businesses.
For those championing expanded access to medical marijuana, it's the only blemish on the horizon so far -- in addition to the 14 states and Washington, D.C. that currently allow medical marijuana, another 14 are considering laws or have ballot initiatives to follow suit.
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That's a fair question for medical marijuana advocates to ask in light of news out of Montana this morning that a prominent state senator plans to undo the citizen initiative that has allowed people to us medical marijuana there since 2004.
State Senator Jim Shockley is upset that the law doesn't properly address distribution and has no controls for cultivation and dosage.
"Yeah, it's out of control -- and it needs control, if not extinction," he said Friday. "There's no control over distribution. There's no control over who's growing it. There's no control in dosage."
He added that laws governing medical marijuana are too complicated for the citizen initiative process. In other words, Montanans aren't qualified to govern themselves by passing their own laws.
The law allowing medical marijuana passed by 62 percent in 2004. Yet Shockley plans to introduce a bill in 2011 that would overturn the law.
Montana has had a rough go of it in recent weeks, with two dispensaries being firebombed and several localities banning or extending moratoria on new dispensary businesses.
For those championing expanded access to medical marijuana, it's the only blemish on the horizon so far -- in addition to the 14 states and Washington, D.C. that currently allow medical marijuana, another 14 are considering laws or have ballot initiatives to follow suit.
NewsHawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: dscriber.com
Author: Greg Campbell
Copyright: 2010 dscriber Media, LLC
Contact: dscriber
Website: Montana state senator declares war on medical marijuana law | dscriber
• Thanks to MedicalNeed for submitting this article
