medical marijuana

It seems appropriate to be writing this article the same week in history that Prohibition was repealed. An estimated $37 million in tax revenue has been generated so far this year.

Today, Gaetz’s connections to the medical marijuana industry in Florida and its key players are emerging as a possible legal and political threat to him.

The Gazette reports that state health department officials won’t issue new medical marijuana dispensary licenses within Billings city limits, amid ongoing legal disputes filed by two such local businesses. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services officials met with city leaders last Wednesday to discuss municipal ordinances regulating medical marijuana distribution...

The Billings Gazette reports that another medical marijuana dispensary is suing the city over blatant attempts by the municipal government to oust the business. Shawn Palmer says his medical marijuana dispensary business has been licensed annually in Billings since 2011, but when he went to renew near the end of 2017, he says the city denied him...

The Billings City Council has prohibited medical marijuana operations within city limits, despite the fact that Montana voted to legalize the drug for medical purposes.  KTVQ.com reports that Billings municipal staff don’t known how many medical marijuana providers or dispensaries currently exist in the city, but there are at least two on its radar and it doesn’t want any new locations... Read Mor

On the question of access to medical marijuana, Montana citizens made their intentions clear by referendum in the November election.  Action from the state health department and the Montana Legislature is still pending to implement a new medical marijuana system, signifying that a fully provisioned program is at least months away...

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A judge has cleared the way for Montana’s medical marijuana dispensaries to reopen– after a three-month hiatus– ruling that a drafting error in a voter-approved ballot initiative should not delay the measure’s implementation.  District Judge James Reynolds ruled Wednesday the error that pushed back the effective date of a key portion of the initiative should not keep very ill patients from accessi

A district judge has ruled that medical marijuana dispensaries may open immediately rather than delayed until July 1.

Having precisely the impact opponents feared it would– and legislators intended– medical marijuana dispensaries across Montana closed their doors as new state-imposed restrictions took effect Wednesday that limit cannabis providers to three patients apiece, leaving thousands of medical marijuana users legally registered in a state without a legal way to buy it...