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Newsbrief:
MPP
Assists
Poor
Montana
Medical
Marijuana
Patients
1/21/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/371/mppmontana.shtml
Montanans voted by a large
margin in November to okay a medical marijuana program in the state, and
now the Marijuana
Policy Project, which bankrolled the Montana campaign, has initiated
a program to ensure that no Big Sky resident has to go without his medicine
because he cannot afford to pay the required fees. Under the Montana
measure, would-be medical marijuana patients are assessed a $200 fee to
receive the state-issued ID card that will make them legal participants
in the program.
MPP has kicked in an initial
$2,000 to get the financial assistance fund started, and it has already
found its first worthy recipient, perhaps the state's best known medical
marijuana patient, Missoula resident Robin Prosser. "I am grateful
to MPP for their help, and I hope no other sick person has to worry about
whether they can afford a yearly cost like this," Prosser said. "I'm
glad to be able to comply with the law, and I trust that law enforcement
will recognize these cards and not arrest the sick."
"Our goal is to make sure
that no Montana patient has to risk arrest and jail because they can't
afford to register," said Neal Levine, MPP director of state policies.
"Hopefully Montanans will be as generous with their donations as they were
with their votes, keeping the program fully funded."
Patients will be eligible
for assistance if they appear to qualify for a medical marijuana ID card
and their income is below 150% of the federal poverty level. Montana
patients interested in applying can find complete instructions online here.
Persons wishing to contribute to the fund can do so online here.
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Issue #371
-- 1/21/05
Editorial:
Unfortunate
Bedfellows
|
Following
Oklahoma's
Lead,
States
Target
Cold
Remedies
in
Fight
Against
Methamphetamine
|
Mexican
Stand-Off:
Government
Sends
in
Tanks,
Soldiers
in
Effort
to
Retake
Prisons
from
Narcos
|
Blogging:
A
Stunning
Admission
by
Baltimore
Police
Officials,
and
More
|
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Newsbrief:
German
Supreme
Court
Rejects
"Zero
Tolerance"
Drugged
Driving
Law
in
Cannabis
Case |
Newsbrief:
Mass
Arrests
of
Drug
Users
in
Iran
|
Newsbrief:
Marijuana
Bills
Filed
--
Medical
Marijuana
in
New
Jersey,
Decriminalization
in
New
Hampshire
|
Newsbrief:
Resistance
to
Methadone
Clinics
Rears
Head
in
Virginia,
Washington
State
|
Newsbrief:
King
County
Bar
Association
(Seattle)
Calls
for
Legal,
Regulated
Drug
Markets
|
Newsbrief:
Texas
Bill
Would
Ban
Drug
Offenders
from
Entering
Certain
San
Antonio
Neighborhoods
|
Newsbrief:
Last
Week's
Supreme
Court
Ruling
Pays
Off
for
New
York
Woman
|
Newsbrief:
Martha
Stewart,
Prisoner
Advocate
|
Newsbrief:
MPP
Assists
Poor
Montana
Medical
Marijuana
Patients
|
Newsbrief:
Maine
Activist
Providing
Medical
Marijuana
Indicted
for
Trafficking
and
Cultivation
|
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Week
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History
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