So You Want To Grow Weed In Montana? - A Montana Cannabis Law Blog

Nov. 12, 2021

The adult-use marijuana industry is coming to Montana, but retail sales will be limited to established Medical Marijuana Program dispensaries when the public – those without medical marijuana authorization – can openly purchase the product starting January 1, 2022.

Nov. 4, 2021

Recreational use of marijuana in Montana has been legal since January 1, 2021, but obtaining the product is still illegal except for those eligible to purchase medical marijuana. There will be no licensed public dispensaries until 2022.

Sept. 10, 2021

Montana has already legalized recreational use of marijuana with public sales to begin in 2022, thanks to House Bill 701 and voter-approved Initiative I-190. In the beginning, only currently licensed medical marijuana dispensaries will be allowed to sell to recreational users. About 18 months later, stand-alone recreational dispensaries may begin operating.

Sept. 8, 2021

Recreational marijuana is now legal in Montana following the passage of House Bill 701. However, without a medical marijuana card, you will not be able to purchase it openly until January 1, 2022, when existing medical marijuana dispensaries will be allowed to sell to the public. In the meantime, you can grow your own, but if you buy the product in another state and drive home with it, you’ll be breaking federal law.

July 20, 2021

Medical marijuana use, with fits and starts, has been legal in Montana since 2004. Enacted in May 2021, Montana’s HB 701 now allows for recreational marijuana sales, starting January 1, 2022, in counties where voters approved Initiative I-190 in November 2020. Other counties will have to vote again to opt in and existing counties can also vote to opt out.

June 4, 2021

In May 2021, Montana enacted HB 701, a recreational marijuana measure aimed to head off full implementation of the voter-approved initiative I-190, which is still under court challenge. HB 701 allows the sale of recreational marijuana in those counties that approved I-190 beginning on January 1, 2022.

May 3, 2021

The Montana Legislature has not had its say on Montana’s marijuana laws. House Bill 701 passed on April 27 and is in the process of being delivered to Governor Gianforte for signature. There is no reason to expect the Governor to veto the bill. With HB 701 about to become law, I offer this analysis:

April 15, 2021

I am an attorney in Bozeman. I have been practicing law in Montana since 2014 when I decided I had had enough of the East Coast and came back home to where I was raised. After passing my third bar exam here in Montana, I began to cultivate (pun intended) a practice in medical marijuana compliance.

Jan. 26, 2021

There are several competing and overlapping bills that have been introduced in Congress in the last two years. Although each will need to be reintroduced in the new Congress, chances are better than ever for marijuana reform. That said, however, the Biden Administration has higher priorities and it may be months before any of these bills become law

Nov. 13, 2020

On November 3, 2020, the people of Montana overwhelmingly passed the Adult Use, or recreational, marijuana initiative I190 and the companion Constitutional Resolution CR118.