Although no one in the Montana marijuana industry is joyous over a watered-down implementation bill that became law Wednesday, most businesses are thankful they can now proceed with adult-use plans instead of having to fight lawmakers over whether the state should even have a recreational market.
Some of the biggest changes include a three-month delay in the start of recreational marijuana sales, a new 35 percent THC potency cap for adult-use flower and an 18-month head start for existing medical marijuana companies over market newcomers.
The changes made to the voter-approved initiative mirror efforts in other states by cannabis opponents – often with the help of Republican elected officials – to weaken or overturn marijuana legalization ballot measures written by activists, such as in Mississippi and South Dakota.
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