Montel Williams busted for drug pipe at airport security

[spini4]

Montel Williams was cited and fined for possesion of drug paraphernalia Tuesday after he was found carrying a marijuana pipe as he went through an airport security checkpoint in Wisconsin.

The former talk-show host, 54, was popped at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, the county sheriff's department said.

Williams, a medical marijuana proponent who supports use of the drug to relieve symptoms of conditions including multiple sclerosis, was released and continued his travel plans after paying a $484 fine, the sheriff's department said.

And here we thought it was expensive to get caught carrying an extra suitcase?

An MS sufferer himself, Williams was diagnosed with the chronic neurological condition — which in his case manifests in part as numbness in his feet, weakness in his left leg and balance problems — in 1999, after experiencing symptoms for 20 years.

Read more aT: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gos...ical-marijuana-pipe-tsa-airport-security.html

 

[thugpassion]

So what... everyone should leave the guy alone.

 

[melange]

So what... everyone should leave the guy alone.

agreed

 

[Lysis]

Dude has MS. He gets a pass.

 

[Bezonian]

Poor dude, I remember he was busted years ago for a pipe and 1/20th of a grom of kief.

 

[slimvictor]

They will put us in jail for our medicine.
They will take away our right to live life as we choose to live.
There is no right to the pursuit of happiness, or of health, if it gets in the way of big business.

 

[R2DAOB]

i wonder if i was one of the new body scanners they use in airports that got him popped...

 

[therapture]

Since when is a clean, no residue glass pipe illegal? What next...baseball players will be arrested for using a violent weapon that is sometimes used to kill? And no more steak knives either...they are killers!

 

[spini4]

A pipe without any residue is legal yes.. but it does not say in the article that the pipe Montel was carrying was clean without residue.We should probably assume that the pipe had residue in it as there would have been no reason to fine Montel otherwise. This is very sad indeed, I do agree he should have been givin a free pass.

 

[villian]

Dude has MS. He gets a pass.

No shit right? I can somewhat understand people who don't think marijuana should be legal for everyone - but if you think people with serious medical conditions (MS, HIV, cancer) shouldn't have it either, fuck you.

If I arrested your dying mother for using Oxycontin how would you feel?

 

[fryingsquirrel]

Busting someone for a pot pipe is stupid.

But damn, they sell pipes where you're going...

 

[RegisteredStoneeer]

A pipe without any residue is legal yes..

Haha I thought it was funny reading this because even that isn't always true. Not for tommy chong anyway.

 

[ChemicalSmiles]

Busting someone for a pot pipe is stupid.

But damn, they sell pipes where you're going...

I dont think he hides his use or is trying to get shit PAST security anymore... its like he wants to get caught and have media attention brought to this.. I mean come ON people. This is ridiculous.

 

[Dragynfyr]

^if that is true, good for him. Celebs get off easy for everything, and no one really gives a shit about pot. His $400+ fine may open some eyes to the truth. Good use of power- and he needs his meds anyway.. why not


'Drug Pipe'. Go media.. fucking losers. Well known black guy, if we say drug pipe people will want to read about the assumed crack. Real cute choice of words there media.

 

[Oasis]

"If I arrested your dying mother for using Oxycontin how would you feel?"

Exactly!... good comparison, except oxy is by far more dangerous/harmful than any kind of marijuana, go figure =/

 

[Apostacious]

"If I arrested your dying mother for using Oxycontin how would you feel?"

Exactly!... good comparison, except oxy is by far more dangerous/harmful than any kind of marijuana, go figure =/

Well, if your mother is dying, does it really matter how dangerous oxycontin is?

 

[junkie skumbag]

its all goood montel!!

 

[Tommyboy]

i wonder if i was one of the new body scanners they use in airports that got him popped...

Probably just a security guard on a power trip, trying to make a name for himself, and knows that Montel openly tells the public that he uses marijuana so he looked extra hard for drugs/paraphernalia.

 

[mzemily]

I just remember seeing him on some show (maybe Oprah?) within the last couple years, describing what his days are like. I've always known the name "MS" but when I saw him being interviewed it really hit home how debilitating it can be. Like every movement is excrutiating pain. Getting popped for a pipe is so ridiculous and it really makes the whole marijuana issue seem so miniscule. I feel so much for people who are in pain from MS and other debilitating issues.

 

[diytripper]

I sympathize with him due to his condition, but he clearly has the money to purchase new gear so he doesn't really have an excuse for trying to get thru security with a pipe. This incident combined with the heat he's receiving for endorsing payday loans is very detrimental to his character. Poor guy