Montana Cannabis Industry Association

06/13/2025

https://montanafreepress.org/2025/06/11/great-falls-first-cannabis-cultivation-facility-gets-initial-approval/

While a retail dispensary could open this year, it will be at least two years before the growing operation is up and running, due in part to a pause passed by the Montana Legislature earlier this year.

05/01/2025

As we close this chapter on cannabis legislation, we look back on 20 years of collective effort and perseverance. From grassroots organizing to lobbying in the state capital, we've remained committed to creating positive change. We're honored to have shared this journey with the people of Montana.

04/22/2025

https://www.forbes.com/sites/javierhasse/2025/04/22/is-america-missing-out-on-the-global-cannabis-boom/

The world isn’t inching toward cannabis normalization. It’s sprinting—while the U.S. ties its own shoelaces.

04/19/2025

Much to Celebrate This 4/20
During the 2025 Legislative session, the MTCIA has fought for policies that improve the industry for both businesses and customers and fought against policies aimed at stigmatization and cutting off legal access. It's been another successful session! Two weeks to go!

Happy 4/20 weekend and Happy Easter.

04/17/2025

https://thema*****naherald.com/2025/04/bipartisan-legislation-to-end-federal-ma*****na-prohibition-in-legal-states-filed-in-u-s-house/

Federal lawmakers have reintroduced the STATES 2.0 Act, which would end federal cannabis prohibition in states that have legalized it. Filed by Congressmembers Dave Joyce (R-OH), Max Miller (R-OH), and Dina Titus (D-NV), the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) 2.0 Ac...

03/01/2025

HB 443 THAT AIMED TO LIMIT POTENCY TO 15% HAS BEEN TABLED. GREAT JOB EVERYONE. BUT WE MUST REMAIN WATCHFUL IT DOESN'T REAR ITS HEAD AGAIN. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK!

02/25/2025

SAVE THE LEGAL MA*****NA INDUSTRY IN MONTANA! SPEAK UP NOW! LICENSED CANNABIS STORES WILL GO OUT OF BUSINESS IF YOU DON'T ACT!

SB 443 poses a limit of 15% THC content in all cannabis products sold at licensed dispensaries in Montana.

SB 443:
- threatens to wipe out the entire legal cannabis industry in Montana
- would kill any tax revenue
- would completely do away with legal flower, concentrate and v**e products, effectively turning cannabis consumption back to the black market
- makes baseless claims about the nature of THC and its effects with no factual data to back those claims
- threatens personal freedoms that Montanan's have voted to protect numerous times under the guise of protecting civil liberties
- threatens to kill thousands of Montana cannabis industry jobs

Licensed Montana Cannabis Dispensaries already follow a lot of rules and limits put into place and enforced by the Cannabis Control Division that are working well, including THC content limits and package size limits. The legal industry and its consumers find that there are no issues to fix here, and this is a major government overreach.

See the official language for SB 443 here.

We are reaching out now for support, as SB 443 will undergo a committee hearing this Thursday, February 27th at 7am. Prior to that hearing we would appreciate it if you would be willing to do the following:
1. Email the members of the Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs committee and ask them to please vote "NO" on SB 443. (Contacts and sample text copied below.)
2. Submit written testimony in opposition of SB 443. *To submit written testimony, please create a login and submit that testimony here.
3. Testify at the committee hearing via Zoom through the same testimony link as above on Thursday, February 27th at 7am. You must sign up the day before the hearing to testify online via Zoom.

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Attention Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee,

Please vote "NO" on SB 443, as it threatens to wipe out the entire legal cannabis industry in Montana, supports the black market, will destroy the tax revenue, makes baseless claims about THC with no factual data to back these claims, threatens personal freedoms that our state's citizens have voted to protect numerous times, and threatens thousands of citizens' jobs. Please reconsider this government overreach and vote "NO" on SB 443.

Mark.Noland@legmt.gov
Willis.Curdy@legmt.gov
Jeremy.Trebas@legmt.gov
Bruce.Gillespie@legmt.gov
Gregg.Hunter@legmt.gov
Denley.Loge@legmt.gov
Jacinda.Morigeau@legmt.gov
Sara.Novak@legmt.gov
Bobby.Phalen@legmt.gov
susan.webber@legmt.gov
Daniel.Zolnikov@legmt.gov

02/15/2025

The Montana Cannabis Control Division has alot of research, data and support for those seeking for information on cannabis and safe consumption.

Purchasing legal, regulated ma*****na has significant benefits for consumers, the local community, the local and state economy, and the environment.

01/19/2025

https://www.inverse.com/health/legalized-ma*****na-fewer-anti-anxiety-medications-study

In states where both medical and recreational ma*****na are legal, fewer patients are filling prescriptions for medications used to treat anxiety.

01/18/2025

Lunch on the Capitol Rotunda, sponsored by the MTCIA