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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/medical_marijuana_and_the_workplace/18158/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: The quagmire of medical marijuana continues to intensify. The exploding number of cards being issued by mostly traveling caravans of doctors who spend less than 10 minutes per patient prior to signing a card allowing the use of marijuana for alleged medical purposes is staggering. The impact of this on Montana businesses is as yet unknown, but common sense indicates it, too, will be staggering. Montana voters in 2004 approved the use of medical marijuana through passage of Initiative 148 and statutorily is the Montana Medical Marijuana Act. The act was sold to the public as a last resort solution for those suffering from a debilitating medical condition, including wasting syndrome, cancer, AIDS and multiple sclerosis. According to reports, the number of patients was relatively low, not reaching 1,000 patients until June 2008, four years after passage. Now two years later, the number is over 15,000.