MONTEL WILLIAMS SAYS HE SMOKES DOPE NIGHTLY

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Montel Williams threw his support behind legalizing
medical marijuana in New York, saying pot helps him cope with multiple
sclerosis.

Williams, who was diagnosed with the neurological disease in 1999, said he
uses marijuana every night before bed to relieve the pain in his legs and feet.

"I'm breaking the law everyday, and I will continue to break the law,"
Williams, host of the syndicated Montel Williams Show, said Tuesday.

Williams recalled during a news conference how prescription painkillers and
even morphine failed to control his tremors and spasms.

Nine states -- Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine,
Nevada, Oregon and Washington state -- allow medical marijuana use, as does
Canada.