Pubdate: Sat, 24 Mar 2012
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2012 The Denver Post Corp
Contact:  http://www.denverpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122
Author: Felisa Cardona

TWO DOCTORS ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA REFERRALS

Two Larimer County medical doctors accused of giving 
medical-marijuana recommendations to undercover officers who admitted 
they didn't have health problems have been arrested for attempting to 
influence a public servant, a felony.

Dr. Dallas Williams, 73, of Milliken, who practices at the InHarmony 
Wellness Center in Windsor, and Dr. Joseph Montante, 63, of Longmont, 
who practices at the Dr. Green Blossom Wellness Center in Loveland, 
each posted $3,500 bond after their arrests Thursday.

Larimer County investigators from the Sheriff's Office, the North 
Metro Drug Task Force and the Colorado attorney general's office 
received a tip the doctors were giving out recommendations for people 
without ailments, authorities said. Undercover officers visited the 
doctors. They said they had no medical conditions but still obtained 
the recommendations, authorities said.

The doctors couldn't be reached for comment Friday afternoon.

Colorado Medical Board records show that in 2009, Williams received a 
written reprimand for allowing an esthetician to perform procedures 
in a clinic that she was not authorized to do.

The records also show Montante and the state Medical Board reached a 
disciplinary stipulation in the 1990s, but specifics about what he 
got in trouble for were not readily available because the records are 
not electronic.
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