Category Archives: Blog

Times Argus, 02 Apr 2010 – MONTPELIER — A legislative effort to provide nearly 200 eligible Vermonters with safe and legal access to medical marijuana ended this week when Senate leaders scuttled the bill due to lack of support in the House.

Times Argus, 06 Apr 2010 – In regards to Senate Bill S. 226 on medical marijuana dispensaries, I’d like to make the following points. While it’s great that patients are no longer subject to arrest for medical marijuana, many still have to turn to drug dealers to get access to the medicine they need.

Havre Daily News, 27 Jun 2011 – Editor: The lawsuit against Senate Bill 423 is an insult to the intelligence of thousands of Montanans. This lawsuit goes against the separation of powers as stated in and by the Montana Constitution, our Montana legislators, the Supreme Court, the Food and Drug Administration, federal law and the […]

Rutland Herald, 18 Jun 2010 – A grassroots effort to decriminalize marijuana has the backing of a Democratic candidate for governor. Peter Shumlin, a Windham County senator in the thick of a five-way primary, said he’ll throw his support behind a burgeoning decriminalization movement sparked by a former legislator from Brattleboro.

Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 27 Jun 2011 – On March 5, I sent the following suggestion to my district legislator Tom Burnett: It would be a sad mistake to repeal medical cannabis. Although I’ve never once used it I’ll be 75 years old tomorrow and reckon that someday in the not-todistant future I may be glad […]

Rutland Herald, 24 Jun 2010 – BURLINGTON — Most of those vying to become the next governor have been in many candidate forums around the state. But in an election dominated by talk of the economy, jobs and the state budget, Wednesday morning’s version stood out for its subject matter.

Juneau Empire, 22 Jul 2010 – Leonard Pitts Jr. had an excellent editorial entitled “Battle of words in War on Drugs” in the July 19 Juneau Empire. In it, he points out that we have spent untold billions of dollars, ruined untold millions of lives and racked up the highest incarceration rate in the world […]

Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 27 Jun 2011 – The Bozeman City Commission tonight will consider permanently capping the number of medical marijuana businesses in town at 20. The commission will meet an hour earlier than usual, at 5 p.m.

Seattle Times, 27 Jun 2011 – Your paper left out anything about organized opposition to making pot legal. Making it legal sends a message that it is OK to use, maybe even socially necessary. Our kids are under enough pressure from the drug culture as it is. We should be supporting people who want to […]

Juneau Empire, 28 Jul 2010 – I’m writing about Bill Dillon’s outstanding column: “Losing the word war” The war on drugs is just a metaphor. A metaphor that has transformed the United States into the most incarcerated nation in the history of human civilization.