" When are we going to quit chasing the imaginary marijuana monster and begin using our limited resources like rational people? "

" It seems that the next logical step would be an initiative to change the city policy. Is there an initiative procedure at that level? "

" Keep the Doritos off the dashboard and you won't draw suspicion. "

" Inititatives are not laws. Police enforce state law. Marijuana is a multi-billion dollar drug business that fuels theft, homicide, kidnappings and the like, even here in Montana. In the end its about the money. Missoula loves it peace, weed, and love. Missoula is naive. "

" Of course the marijuana cases have increased. Since the perception that marijuana is legal Montana, everyone and their dog are going around blatantly smoking it now. It is still a controlled substance just like prescription pills. If you dont like getting caught with it illegaly, then dont poseess it illegaly. "

" It’s for our own good, really. We all know that free citizens cannot be trusted to decide what’s best for themselves. "

" More time and money wasting by the MCPD, just to boost their own egos. "Oh wow, Mr city police officer, your really protecting me from evil." I'm sure a few steal the perps stash for themselves. "

" I quit smoking dope in the 60s, it's so childish, Do you really need to get high..like wow man - growup already. These people probably still watch Mr Rogers(with the sound off) and listhen to Jimmy while they get high, and "like oh wow man Hendrix is like god man" - what a bunch of morons these pot smokers are - and hey I been there, done that, and then some - it's all very childish. Some of the dumbest people I know blow pot.
Why do you think they call it dope. In case you haven't noticed all these pothead types have this psudeo-intellectual air about them, but talk in mindless circles and screwup whatever it is there doing, and have trouble tuning their own guitar at the gig...or like that pothead auto-mechanic who always managaes to screw your car up more than fix it.... you know the type.

The way I look at it is, you're not getting arested for smokeing dope, you're getting arrested for being an idiot.

Growup already the 60s are over ! "

" When are people going to realize that we police are NEVER going to stop busting people for dope? It doesn't matter what kind, or how little - you're going down! Legalize it? Go ahead, you're still going down. When we have the guns, cuffs and courts behind us, you're going down! We would have a drug-free society if so many people weren't total wimps. Let us do our job, we know who can be trusted and who can't!!! "

" Alcohol kills more people in a day than marijuana does in a year. Marijuana prohibition is a violence promoting blatantly hypocritical farce.
Bryan writes "Marijuana is a multi-billion dollar drug business that fuels theft, homicide, kidnappings and the like, even here in Montana". Hey wait a minute, the only reason it's that kind of drug business is BECAUSE of prohibition. Violence caused by marijuana use is rare. Seems to me Bryan is confusing the real problem of black market related violence caused by marijuana prohibition with the effects of the drug itself. If done deliberately, that's called not playing fair. To use another sports metaphor, a level playing field between alcohol and cannabis would be more than fair to alcohol. "

" Mike is correct about the blackmarket effects (violence) of the drug business. The fact of the matter is the drug is illegal. So then legalize it you say? Do we really need another drug (like alchohol) so we can "escape reality" for awhile. What about the health effects on society? People are likely to get whipped in this town for smoking a cigarette, but hey it's cool if we all light up a bong...that's ok. Marijuana is 20x more potant then it was 20 years ago....and if not marijuana why not mushrooms, then why not cocaine. Where does it end? "

" Sieg Heil! mein local cop. "

" Dah...here we go with that idiotic pothead psuedo intellect logic......"like wow, alcohol kills people - man"..... dah lots of things kill people that aren't illegal, how about driving, how about sking, how about rock climbing, with your pothead logic we should make them illegal to.

Growup and put out that doobie, I'm sure it ain't doing your lungs any good, not to mention your wallet. Beside aren't you liberal types the ones trying to making smoking illegal, oh but excuse me it's ok for you to smoke pot...what a bunch of hypocrites.
Personaly I think all drugs should be legal, I also think there should be NO public assistance or help for drug users, if they wanna use it fine - just don't ask me for any help, if you fall in the gut, you can stay there, it's your life, smoke you brains out, if you have any left.
I've know people most of my life that have smoked pot - for the most part they're all air-heads, In odd sort of way it does destroy brain cells. "

" Hey what I want to know is if my doctor gives me a script for medical-pot, can I smoke it when I'm in the hospital after that auto accicent I got in because I was to high.
And if we can round up enough morons to vote on it can we pass a medical meth law ?

And what doseage should I take for my lung cancer pain with the pot I got off of that street dealer last week - he said it's pretty good stuff, but there wasn't any doseage amounts or warnings on the label, maybe - one toke, two tokes., three, or just smoke it to oblivion. You freakin' idiots, how would you like it if our medical community gave you perscripts and told you to go get it filled by some dealer on the corner.
That's why pot is against the law - because it turns society into a bunch morons who start thinking they are doctors. Actually I thought I was an astonaut when I use to smoke pot. "

" wow! i can't believe the ignorance being displayed here. to "growup": i believe marijuana is and should be for adults. you on the other hand believe it is for children. shame on you. oh and if you want to arrest people for being an idiot, go to you're nearest bar. i'm sure you'll find a whole bunch of idiots in there destroying their livers, hearts, minds, and souls... now thats idiotic! and to "bryan". do you really believe cannabis is 20 times more potent than 20 years ago? are you serious? if you knew anything about cannabis you'd know what an absurd statement that is. don't believe everything the gov't tells you. sure, potent cannabis is more available today than it was 20 years ago. but what does that tell you about the war on drugs? its a complete failure in that aspect. of course thats not what the war on drugs is about. its about building more prisons. its about taking away our civil liberties. its about money. So to the drug warriors its a great success! its pretty sad that all these people complain about how society will go down the crapper if cannabis were legal. however, if they really cared about the well being of society they would be demanding that alcohol be outlawed. after all, isn't that the best way to protect society from a substance? ask the1920's........ "

" You know Danny, I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to. I felt I owed it to them. "

" Masterson cites the MPD as having made 284 misdemeanor marijuana busts in the past year. Missoula has some 65000 people who are at risk in this "skyrocketing" enforcment activity. That's lest than half of one percent!!! Gosh, I guess we better pick up the slack to match the pro-marijuana propagandists!!! Consider also that the MPD has 102 Officers. That means each Cop made 2.78 misdemeanor marijuana busts in the past year. Wow!, I guess we spent the rest of the year "spying" on those 2.78 people getting ready to "spring" ours busts on them. You might ask Masterson to cite how many of those 284 city pot busts were the result of an arrest for another offense. Probably around 90%. Bottom line, your precious misdemeanor marijuana is already a very low priority for the MPD. Get a life.... "

" Whoa...I thought I was the only guy that got high and saw the imaginary marijuana monster. He's always trying to steal my Doritos, man. "

" Cannabis is good, it's non-toxic. "

" A person claiming to be a "local cop" says that she would keep arresting people for it even if pot were legal. In other words, with her gun, she will make the law what she thinks it should be, and no piece of paper will stop her.

This is a good example of what I have always said. Prohibition and a free society are mutually exclusive. Prohibitionists are hysterically convinced that they must dictate to other people what they may eat, drink, or smoke. The prohibitionists do not recognize the right of a free people to repeal unjust laws. They would sooner destroy democratic government than allow citizens to enjoy the use of a natural, God-given herb. They are insane. "

" Another commenter claims to know "why pot is illegal" and offers a bizarre explanation. The truth is knowable, but you have to be willing to do research and acknowledge factual evidence. In Montana, cannabis was outlawed following desultory debate eighty years ago. A State legislator related an anecdote about a "beet field peon" who "takes a rare of this stuff and thinks he has just been elected President of Mexico and sets out to execute all his political enemies." A newspaper commented: "Everybody laughed and the bill was recommended for passage."

Never heard that one before, did you? So THAT is why "marijuana" was outlawed in Montana. In 2004, the law was modified by VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, to permit medical use under a doctor's direction. Medical marijuana got more votes in Montana than George W. Bush. In California in 1996, medical pot got more votes than Bill Clinton. In Michigan this year, it got more votes than Barack Obama. In each case, the prohibitionists refuse to accept that the majority of the American people have the right to CHANGE the law . . . the law rooted in bigotry and ignorance and "reefer madness" hysteria. "

" Just read about the "officials" ignoring the law about cannabis, and going against the desires of the voters. I see it as very simple, just figure out who they (the officials) work for. Voters make it clear, that they work for you and at your direction. If that's not good enough, they should seek employment elsewhere. I hear they are hiring in Mexico. "

" As a follow up to my previous post - I really don't care if you blow pot or not, or if it's good for you or not, I could careless.

I just think that it's patheticaly childish. I did it when I was a kid, fortunately I grew out of it.

As far as the comparisions to alcohol..those people screw their lives up on alcohol are just as childish as you pot heads.

I just think back about the friends I had when I blew pot and some of the acquintences I have that still smoke it - they're airheads, psuedo-intellects, they fall for the dumbest stuff, still into phony insincere peace movements... and are ...Yes childish...
Us none smokers just laugh at you people, you're ignorance is refreshing in an entertaining sort of way. ..."Like oh wow man"... the 60s are over.
Pot is just another self centered 60's hippy self indulgence. An ego post for most, they all they they are so cool, hippy, alternative...Bascialy acting like kids that never grew up.

And before you give the usual bit about 'hate' 'pigs' 'facist'.......I'll just say "peace" to you. "

" these people who think marijuana kills brain cells are pretty much as stupid as they think the marijuana users are because if they did a little research then they would find out it does not acctually kill brain cells but acctually calms the brain neurons and helps trigger brain cell growth with synthetic use and all these myths of brain cells being killed is all because of the federal government was blocking tests from everyone. soo how would these cops and all the people who are non-users of the plant even know that it is a brain cell killer? "

" to growup, who says "Some of the dumbest people I know blow pot" I just have to say, some of the dumbest people I know are cops...case in point:

"METRO NEWS BRIEFS: CONNECTICUT; Judge Rules That Police Can Bar High I.Q. Scores

A Federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a man who was barred from the New London police force because he scored too high on an intelligence test. In a ruling made public on Tuesday, Judge Peter C. Dorsey of the United States District Court in New Haven agreed that the plaintiff, Robert Jordan, was denied an opportunity to interview for a police job because of his high test scores. But he said that that did not mean Mr. Jordan was a victim of discrimination. Judge Dorsey ruled that Mr. Jordan was not denied equal protection because the city of New London applied the same standard to everyone: anyone who scored too high was rejected. Mr. Jordan, 48, who has a bachelor's degree in literature and is an officer with the State Department of Corrections, said he was considering an appeal. ''I was eliminated on the basis of my intellectual makeup,'' he said. ''It's the same as discrimination on the basis of gender or religion or race.''
MAYBE THAT'S WHY????? "