DON'T INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE BY SAYING POT IS LEGAL

The lawsuit against SB 423 is an insult to the intelligence of
thousands of Montanans!

This lawsuit goes against the separation of powers as stated in the
Montana Constitution, our Montana legislators, Supreme Court, the
FDA, federal law and the U.S. Congress.

A supermajority of the legislators voted for SB 423. In 2001, the
Supreme Court unanimously ruled against the legality of medical
marijuana. Federal law prohibits the possession, manufacture and
distribution of marijuana. The FDA hasn't approved smoked marijuana
for any condition or disease. On June 15, the chairmen of two
congressional committees sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder, stating that Congress placed marijuana in Schedule 1 of the
Controlled Substance Act and, as such, growing, distributing and
possessing marijuana in any capacity, other than as part of a
federally authorized research program, is a violation of federal law
regardless of state laws permitting such activities.

After considering the above, the possession, manufacturing and
distribution of marijuana is illegal.

We ask the judge, in trying to uphold the Constitution, to consider
the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution which states: "the
Constitution and the laws of the United States ... shall be the
supreme law of the land ... anything in the Constitutions or laws of
any state to the contrary notwithstanding."

The Controlled Substances Act trumps any conflicting state law. If
the concern really is the constitutionality of SB 423, then every
section of SB 423 should be stricken, except for the provision
completely repealing the "medical" marijuana law.

Cherrie Brady

Billings