02/26/2025
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
