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Cops and Courts Quote of the Day – State law vs marijuana initiative


“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 priority

(Read the story by Missoulian State Bureau reporter reporter Chuck Johnson)

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2 comments to Cops and Courts Quote of the Day – State law vs marijuana initiative

  • Jim Lang

    “How do I carry out the wishes of Missoula County and at the same time enforce state law as a result?”

    It’s called prosecutorial discretion.

  • Mike

    Van Vlakenburg is a waste of space and money. He has to get some other Senator from another town, I think it is Roundup, might as well be Two Dot, to get to do his work for him. Hmmmm….. he must not be that smart to write a bill, or maybe he is just lazy.

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