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Montana NORML is the state affiliate of the National Organization for Ma*****na Laws

04/24/2025

🧑‍⚖️ Separate legislation seeking to impose a mandatory registry for cannabis consumers and significantly restricting the potency of adult-use cannabis products failed to make it out of committee.

Criminal penalties for any detectable amount of THC in their system

03/06/2025

⚠️ NORML's Deputy Director Paul Armentano provided testimony against the bill, stating: "Prohibiting adults from accessing products with more than 15% THC from state-licensed retailers will not eliminate consumers' demand for them. Rather, it will encourage consumers to seek out these products in the unregulated market. It will also move the production of these products exclusively underground – thereby undermining the primary goal of legalization, which is to provide adults with safe, affordable, above-ground access to lab-tested products of known purity, potency, and quality."

😳 Some witnesses also pushed back against language in the bill equating the availability of higher-THC products with slavery.

Bill language equated higher-THC product availability with slavery

03/05/2025

🌿 "NORML, meanwhile, said in written testimony that the THC cap proposal 'seeks to fundamentally alter the state’s voter-approved adult-use legalization law.'

'Prohibiting adults from accessing higher-THC products from state-licensed retailers will not eliminate consumers’ demand for them. Rather, it will encourage consumers to seek out higher-THC products from the unregulated market,' NORML said. 'It will also move the production of these products exclusively underground. This undermines the primary goal of legalization, which is to provide consumers with safe, above-ground access to lab-tested products of known purity, potency, and quality.'"

Two controversial cannabis bills in Montana appear to be dead for the session—one that would have set a 15 percent THC limit on all ma*****na products and another that would have required adults to obtain a $200 license each year to legally use recreational cannabis. The THC cap bill was initially...

12/18/2024

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12/13/2023

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11/10/2023

🔴 “But proponents of ma*****na legalization face tougher challenges in statehouses.

‘Getting this work done legislatively is a much more difficult lift,’ said Paul Armentano, deputy director of the ma*****na advocacy group NORML. ‘Many legislators still treat this issue as if it’s a fringe issue rather than a bipartisan mainstream cause.’”

Concerns about the public health implications of ma*****na legalization remain potent as the battle to overhaul drug laws moves to red states.

09/18/2023

📆 In the coming days, members of the House and Senate could take action on multiple important federal cannabis bills.

US House and Senate could take action on multiple important federal cannabis bills

03/20/2023

TAKE ACTION: Send a message now in support of House Bill 420, which seeks to remove the 4% tax for patients purchasing cannabis from a medical cannabis dispensary.

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12/07/2022

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11/23/2022

This year, we’re thankful for more legal states, federal pardons, improved patient access, and employment protections. But most of all, we’re thankful for YOU and your support that makes it all possible. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at NORML.

Our successes are only possible because of your support in our fight for cannabis freedom.

11/22/2022

"By getting out in front of this issue, President Biden is now receiving well deserved attention and accolades. His actions are not only good policy — they are good politics. Polling finds that a solid majority of Americans support the expungement of criminal records for those convicted of ma*****na-related possession crimes.

But ultimately the White House can’t repeal or amend federal ma*****na laws unilaterally. Like it or not, Congress must eventually weigh in on the issue by passing legislation.

President Biden has demonstrated that the time to do so is now. And most Americans agree."

Most Americans agree with President Joe Biden that ma*****na should be legalized and the decision to start decriminalizing it on the federal level makes sense, writes columnist Paul Armetano.

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