Medical pot industry group asks judge to block law

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HELENA, Mont. — A new Montana law eliminating medical marijuana sales and implementing strict checks to verify a patient's condition is unconstitutional and must be blocked before it takes effect next month, an attorney for an industry group suing the state argued Monday.

Problems with the law range from denying patients access to medical marijuana to intruding upon the doctor-patient relationship and allowing warrantless searches of patients and providers, Goetz told the judge.

"Marijuana, while not completely harmless, is remarkably safe. It has proven medicinal qualities. If a Montana citizen, in consultation with his or her doctor, wishes to have access to medical marijuana, that person should have access without undue governmental restraint," Goetz said.

Assistant Attorney General Jim Molloy defended the new law, saying it is in line with what voters intended when they passed the state's medical marijuana initiative in 2004. Seriously ill patients will still be able to grow the drug or have somebody grow it for them, he said.

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last sentence not truthful. theres so many roadblocks not even mentioned, making this a complete "repeal" bill just as the wingers wanted.

[lob1]

1. It's obvious that only terrorists smoke pot.

[nineteen50]

2. Medial Marijuana

It's not that it works or it has some bad sides it's all about
how cheap it is and if legal not profitable enough for
pharmaceuticals just a competition to their drugs. 

[Le Taz Hot]

3. All of these obstacles are going to have to make their way

through the court system. The prohibition proponents are attacking MM from multiple angles. In my own city in California, the County has banned any new dispensaries and are busting several on trumped-up bogus charges. Meanwhile the City has put a moratorium on outdoor growing. Of course the problem with the court system is the Supremes. Now, if OBAMA WOULD RESCHEDULE MARIJUANA FROM A SCHEDULE I TO A SCHEDULE III, WE COULD BYPASS ALL THIS BULLSHIT.