The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office in Wisconsin has confirmed that former talk show host Montel Williams was issued a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia at General Mitchell International Airport on Tuesday.
Williams was caught by TSA with a pipe commonly used for marijuana while going through a security checkpoint, a sheriff's spokesperson said. He paid the citation of $484 and was released to resume his travel plans.
Williams suffers from multiple sclerosis and is a prominent advocate for legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes.
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Whether you believe that marijuana should be legal for medical purposes the fact is medical marijuana is not legal in Wisconsin and neither is possession of drug paraphernalia.
Montel has always been open about his smoking marijuana due to MS. It's like Snoop dog or Willy Nelson being caught with a bong, no one should be surprised. Sorry, but this is not news worthy.
Hello people. Alcohol is the socially accepted drug. Leave the man alone and let him smoke some weed if it makes him feel better. This isn't really news-worthy in my opinion. Montel is a decent guy.
my friend Peter Griffin suffers from MS monkey scrotum
LET HIM SMOKE!!!!
@PJJ* Are you suggesting that the words "Montel Williams",
"Show", "Doctor", "divorce", "him", "Marijuana", "possession", and "law" all have different meanings then you are using them as? If not, what's with all the quotations? And I doubt Montel is lying about such a serious ailment. But hey, you know "know" him, right?
One too many knows there... lol. Have I already expressed my hatred for mobile keypads?
Here is everything wrong with our judicial system.....
oh my god a pipe ? was there heroin or crack ?
no it was weed
why though to stop pain and help him feel better ?
God forbid..
FIRE ERIC HOLDER
RECONSIDER OUR IGNORANT LAWS BASED ON FEAR AND GREED.
RE INSTATE HEMP IN ALL THE UNITED STATES AND
STOP BUSTING OUR OWN FOR TRYING TO FEEL BETTER.
STOP THE INSANITY INDEED.
OBAMA ?
GROW SOME BALLS AND STOP THIS SORT OF THING.
GET YOUR VETO BALLS OUT AND DO SOMETHING ALREADY.
Obama has little actual power. And he can't veto something that isn't put before him.
There goes the TSA again, illegally breaking charter by attempts at drug interdiction. Fools.
Why is the "Transportation Safety Administration" checking for pipes or joints? Is the TSA going to start screening for outstanding parking violations?
Plain silly. Legalize.
Along with MS, the benifits of marijuana also include those going through chemotherapy.
Must have been a dirty pipe. Otherwise, he would have done nothing wrong legally. Pipes are as cheap as $5. Better to give or throw the pipe away before you travel and buy a new one when you get to your destination.
@Zardoz: not necessarily true. some states make it illegal to possess paraphernalia even if it hasn't been used.