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Montana’s Senate election complicates cannabis legislation

Democrats are accusing Republicans of playing politics with a package of veterans bills spearheaded by Montana Sen. Jon Tester. The road for veterans’ cannabis research — and potentially control of the Senate — runs through Montana. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is the…

1 in 3 Americans now lives in a state where recreational marijuana is legal

November 4, 2020
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Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota
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New Jersey, Arizona and Montana passed measures to legalize adult-use marijuana. South Dakota became the first state to authorize both medical and recreational sales at the same time. Some 16 million Americans were added to the list of places that…

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal on Limits to Montana Medical Marijuana Law

HELENA — The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won't hear an appeal challenging a Montana law that limits medical marijuana providers to selling the drug to a maximum of three patients each, dealing a blow to advocates who are…

Montana Supreme Court Asked to Delay State’s Medical Marijuana Restrictions

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Cannabis Industry Association is asking a district judge to further delay enforcement of stringent new Montana medical marijuana restrictions that are to go into effect Aug. 31. The association on Tuesday filed a motion with…

Montana Marijuana Campaigns Spending Big Money to Try to Get on the Ballot

With just two more weeks to gather signatures, three marijuana-related ballot issue campaigns are hitting the road for a final push. Tens of thousands of dollars have been raised by the groups, and those with the largest war chests are…

Montana Supreme Court Delays Medical Marijuana Restrictions

The state Supreme Court said Monday it will delay enforcement of the severe medical marijuana restrictions it has upheld until Aug. 31. In February, the court ruled in favor of provisions of a 2011 state law that limited medical marijuana…

Montana Group Wants Initiative to Make Medical Marijuana Illegal

Safe Montana founder Steve Zabawa announced his support of a court ruling that curtailed the state medical marijuana program while reinforcing his own campaign to repeal it altogether. At a public appearance on Tuesday, Zabawa praised the Montana Supreme Court's…

Court Ruling Expected to Shut Down Most Montana Medical Dispensaries

HELENA – Marijuana dispensaries will have at least two weeks to prepare for severe rollbacks to Montana's medical marijuana law, though most will likely have to shut down, the head of an advocacy group that tried to block the restrictions said…

Montana Supreme Court Severely Limits the Sale of Medical Marijuana

HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that medical marijuana providers should be paid for their services, but it clamped down on commercial sales of the drug by limiting providers to no more than three patients each. The court's…

Ballot War Over Legal Marijuana Breaks Out in Montana

BILLINGS -- Two competing groups are racing for signatures in hopes that voters will bring change to the already tumultuous legal landscape that is Montana marijuana. Ballot initiative campaigns have been working across the state in search of support, but…

Montana Pushing For Court Ruling That Would End Medical Marijuana Sales

HELENA — Montana is in the fifth year of a legal fight to severely restrict how medical marijuana is grown and distributed, even as attitudes in other parts of the nation appear to be shifting toward more tolerance for the…

Will Montana Be the First State to Go Backward on Medical Marijuana?

BILLINGS, Mont. — Gone are the flashing green neon lights advertising $200 ounces of pot. Gone are the caravans of cannabis doctors who signed up hundreds of people in a single day. The medical marijuana business in Montana boomed after…

Montana Attorney General Wants Injunctions Against Medical Marijuana Overturned

HELENA – In a brief filed with the Montana Supreme Court this week, Attorney General Tim Fox argued that a Helena district judge erroneously blocked three provisions of the state’s strict 2011 medical marijuana law. Fox and Assistant Attorneys General Stuart…

Montana Law

December 2, 2004
Rob Meagher
Montana, Policy & Legal

Montana Medical Marijuana November 2 SUMMARY: Sixty-two percent of voters approved Initiative 148 on November 2, 2004. The law took effect that same day. It removes state-level criminal penalties on the use, possession and cultivation of marijuana by patients who…