I go with reason number 2. Drug dealers trying to eliminate the competition. But, we all know that the Tea Party Movement will get blamed, because, you know, they are anti-drug biggots. Oh, and they are racist, too. And homophobic. Way homophobic, but not as homophobic as they are racist.

Try to catch the South Park episode on medical marijuana. It is fairly good on giving a review of the attitudes and forces associated with the stupidity of our laws.

Living near the city of Billings, I would say it may be more along the lines of a pissed off pothead that is mad that it cannot buy pot without a medical Rx. This place must have refused it. Other choice is one of the isolated holy roller nuts that are roaming around Billings.

Or perhaps a third explanation...

I've spent time in Billings - standing aside the cowpoke western motif is a university town, and rather liberal (based on my experience, one might say radical liberal) town. Young folks throwing Molotov cocktails? Might be a devotee of Olbermann trying to impugn those evil conservatives. When one accepts a purposefully mal-constructed caricature as a real opponent, it is easy to embark on idiotic missions.

Of all the tea parties I've attended, and the tea party advocates I've met, legalization of pot is hardly a motivational issue.

Oh, come on, there's no such thing as "medical marijuana." It's nothing but a backdoor way to legalize pot. We passed that garbage law in Colorado, all you need to do is tell some doctor your back hurts, and you get a "prescription." No proble, there's tons of doctors, most of which are connected with the "pot shops", that will give you a "prescription" for $75. Cash, of course. All you have to do is claim you have "chronic pain." It's nothing but a huge scam.

It was legal. It always should have been legal.
If one thinks the plant has no medicinal uses then you know nothing about botany. Irt also has entertainment value. The majority of what people call pot-heads are not prone to violence. I find violent behavior to be an individual inclination no matter what drug is used or if no drug is used. I find folks who look doiwn their noses at specific drugs usually have their own blind spots. There are plenty of people who use no drug at all that are fairly usesless or obnoxious or plain evil. One way or another, this little plant shall become legalized. The laws regarding its prohibition have been disregarded for decades. Why not join reality? Why not take the crime out of it? Why not destroy the basis for profit? Why not wipe out the criminals who have restricted and crippled its current market? Take the money away and the crime dies.

My question is: Did the firemen responding to the scene have to treat any 'smoke inhalation' with 40 cases of twinkies?