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  • Medicinal Marijuana Rejected

    02/27/2003 8:31:16 AM PST · by robertpaulsen · 27 replies · 1,069+ views
    Billings Gazette ^ | February 27, 2003 | COURTNEY LOWERY
    HELENA -- The state House voted down a bill Wednesday that sponsor Rep. Ron Erickson, D-Missoula, said would have sent a message to the state that "pain counts." House Bill 506, to allow patients to use medicinal marijuana for pain or illness relief, died in the House, 60-40. Opponents said the bill would send the wrong message -- that it's OK to use marijuana. The bill's initial hearing in the House Judiciary Committee last week was emotional, as chronic pain sufferers and multiple sclerosis patients told the committee how cannabis had saved their livelihoods and in some cases, their lives....