Marijuana

Police in northwestern Montana say a man fired 80 to 100 rounds from his home in Somers on Saturday with a variety of weapons before an armored vehicle took officers close enough to fire tear gas into the house and end the standoff.

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The Montana House is endorsing a plan to start testing drivers to determine possible marijuana impairment.

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A state representative from Missoula is introducing a bill to revise Montana's DUI law to account for people driving under the influence of marijuana.

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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - The trial of a former medical marijuana provider charged in a federal crackdown is under way in Missoula.

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There are two schools of thought on how to deal with marijuana. One group is still resistant to full legalization, but feel marijuana should be treated as a misdemeanor, not a full-blown federal offense with a long prison sentence.

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According to a new Gallup poll, 50 percent of American adults favor legalizing marijuana, the highest percentage in Gallup’s 42-year history of asking that question. Forty-six percent of Americans believe marijuana should remain illegal.

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People who smoke pot once a week are about 25 percent less likely to be obese than non-smokers.

According to a study by French researchers, marijuana smokers have a 16 percent rate of obeseity, whereas those who don’t partake enjoy a rate of obesity between 22 and 25 percent.

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Montana reigns in at number 17 in the nation for the most Marijuana use among states according to The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Who came in at number 1?

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In 2004, 64% percent of Montana voters voted for Medical Marijuana on the ballots. In the years that followed, suppliers popped up all around Montana as they saw the business grow from 180 customers in 2005 to 30,000 customers in 2011. Apparently this began to scare the general public and the legislators quickly took action.

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Marijuana legalization has two pretty high-profile friends in Congress.

Republican Ron Paul of Texas and Democrat Barney Frank of Massachusetts are co-sponsoring a bill that would put an end to the federal criminalization of marijuana.

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