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It seems as though every week we write that a decision is due any minute on changes – if any – to Montana’s 2004 voter-approved medical marijuana law. But this week it’s really true – there are only eight days left in the 2001 Montana legislative session. Here’s how the Associated Press [...] It was a tough few days on the Cops and Courts beat last week. The details in the caes involving story about the discovery of a young mother’s body after she’d lain beside her baby for hours were just heartbreaking: A young woman found dead in a Paxson Street apartment appeared to have [...] Lots of stuff happening today in Helena that could end up affecting cops and courts. Missoulian State Bureau reporter Chuck Johnson (@c_sjohnson) just posted this on Twitter: Senate Judiciary Chairman Terry Murphy says he doesn’t think Senate will pass House bill repealing medical marijuana law. And a news release from Attorney General Steve [...] Here’s the Associated Press version. Watch Missoulian.com for an expanded story: HELENA – The House Monday gave final approval to the repeal of Montana’s medical marijuana law and sent it to the Senate. On a final House vote, House Bill 161, by Speaker Mike Milburn, R-Cascade passed 62-37. It now moves to the [...] Legislation sponsored by Rep. Mike Milburn, R-Cascade – which would undo the voter initiative that, with some help from the feds, eventually led to an explosion of medical marijuana use in Montana – has one more procedural vote in the House before heading to the Senate. Saturday’s floor comments on the bill may [...] “How do I carry out the wishes of Missoula County and at the same time enforce state law as a result?” Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg, testifying before a legislative committee in favor of a bill to overturn Missoula County’s 2006 initiative that declared marijuana to be local law enforcement’s lowest [...] Sheriffs won’t be first in Montana after all. Matt Volz of the Associated Press reports that a legislative committee today slashed the so-called “Sheriffs First” bill that would have required federal law-enforcement officers to receive written permission from the sheriff before making an arrest, search or seizure in a Montana county. [...] Here’s a really interesting story out of Helena detailing a surprise approach to the medical marijuana situation in Montana. Republican Sen. Dave Lewis of Helena floated a new bill that would impose fees on medical marijuana businesses and distribute $1 million of the proceeds to local governments and $3 million to services for [...] Really? Really? Paper blow darts tipped with HIV-infected saliva or blood can kill? Well, no. Not really. Despite what Republican Rep. Janna Taylor, of Dayton in Lake County, said in a hearing on a bill to repeal the death penalty this week. “There’s new ways to kill. You know, if a prisoner [...] “Today, we’re not talking about medical marijuana. We’re talking about marijuana. It has gotten so far out of hand. We’re talking about a totally uncontrolled epidemic by the drug trade industry. It’s starting to undermine the very fabric of our state that we so greatly cherish.” Montana House Speaker Mike Milburn, R-Cascade, [...] |
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