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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/marijuana_headline/16510/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: The Kalispell Planning Board voted 4-2 Tuesday to amend the zoning ordinance so it prohibits any new medical marijuana business from operating, in a sign that city officials plan to take a hard line against the dispensaries. The planning board’s decision now heads to the city council for consideration. The specific vote was to prohibit any land use within Kalispell that conflicts with federal, state or local law, thus prohibiting medical marijuana businesses. Marijuana remains an illegal drug under federal law despite a 2004 voter initiative in Montana that legalized its sale and use for medicinal purposes. The Obama Administration recently announced it would not prosecute medical marijuana cases, and the industry has since begun expanding rapidly in Montana.