Radiologist Dr. Timothy McCue is nearly finished converting a former Reserve Street bank into the Montana Imaging Center – a project that began in March and is nearing completion.
Bryan St. Germain writes, "Your words 'marijuana illness or sickness' is ridiculous. Just a scare tactic, like 'schizophrenic symptoms.' It is so much safer than alcohol."
Hospitalization among Missoula's youngest residents due to marijuana sickness has increased sharply over the last five years, including a growing number of cases involving intoxication, psychosis, anxiety and withdrawal.
Measure 111 amends the Oregon constitution by adding: “It is the obligation of the state to ensure that every resident of Oregon has access to cost-effective, clinically appropriate and affordable health care as a fundamental right.”
Missoula County stands to receive its first round of funding from the national opioid lawsuit, and it has reached agreement with the Montana Attorney General's Office on how the funding will be managed.
Whether it was inflation, the stock market or a general malaise around taxes, voters in Missoula were clear on Tuesday night, saying they weren't ready to fund any more projects or services, at least right now.
Hundreds in the medical community opposed the measure, saying in a signed ad it could have unintended consequences for "newborns for whom no amount of medical care will save, and may instead prolong suffering."
Anne Reimann-Moody writes, "As future physicians, it’s scary to think about coming back to practice in a state where patients can’t have the right to decide what is best for themselves and where the very trust that a provider-patient relationship is based on is at risk."