The Drug Police Are Smiling

Robin Prosser, a Montana woman who struggled for a quarter century to live with the pain of an immunosuppressive disorder, tried to kill herself several years ago. Last week, she tried again and succeeded.

After her earlier attempt failed, Prosser wound up in even more trouble after investigating police found marijuana in her home. She used the marijuana to help cope with pain.

That marijuana charge was eventually dropped in an agreement with the city of Missoula, and Prosser had reason to rejoice in 2004 when Montanans passed a law allowing medical use of the drug.

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