Nine medical marijuana advocates drove 3,300 miles from California to Missoula, Montana in a green-painted “CannaBus” to show their support for Chris Williams at his sentencing on Friday. Judge Dana Christensen says Williams must serve five years for one charge of possession of a firearm in connection to drug trafficking. Christensen says [...]
The fate of Chris Williams, a principal partner in Montana Cannabis, a medical marijuana club which attempted to set a high standard for transparency and compliance, will be known tomorrow. Convicted at a perfunctory trial in which he was not allowed to introduce evidence of his compliance with Montana’s medical marijuana statute, Williams could potentially [...]
Chris Williams was offered a chance at 10 years in prison if he agreed to plead guilty to federal marijuana and weapons charges. Instead, he is facing life in prison after choosing to go to trial to fight for his state-given right to provide medical marijuana in Montana, and was found guilty of eight drug [...]
Blow to Medical Marijuana Reform in Montana IR-124 passes, severely curtailing Montana law Cannabis Now has learned that IR-124, Montana’s referendum on the draconian SB 423 medical marijuana law, has passed. The Great Falls Tribune reports that Montanans voted for the referendum 39,695 to 28,804.
(October 23, Helena) The Montana Supreme Court today denied a motion filed by the Montana Cannabis Industry Association in its constitutional challenge of the state’s medical marijuana law. The motion asked the Supreme Court to reconsider a recent decision overturning significant parts of a lower court’s injunction against the law. As a result of the [...]
HELENA, Sept. 13 – A new poll shows that IR-124 (PDF), the November 6 referendum on the 2011 Legislature’s unworkable medical marijuana law, faces steep odds, with support at only 46 percent. Bob Brigham, campaign manager for Patients for Reform, Not Repeal, said, “Historically, ballot measures that don’t start near 60 percent support are in [...]
Montana Supreme Court justices on Wednesday took on the question of whether people have a fundamental, constitutional right to sell medical marijuana, which is legal under state law but illegal under federal law. A state attorney urged the Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court ruling that struck down part of a law, passed by the [...]
The number of medical marijuana cardholders registered with the state continues to fall, dipping to below 11,000 last month. As of April 30, 10,640 Montanans were registered as medical marijuana cardholders with the state, down from 11,993 as of the end of March, for an 11.2 percent drop, according to registry statistics kept by the [...]
Montana Cannabis co-owner Chris Williams talks to reporters as federal agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raid two large greenhouses. Authorities removed hundreds of medical marijuana plants. One man was arrested on an unrelated outstanding warrant. Officials declined to comment on the [...]
One of the first things you’ll hear from a city civics manager or planning department is, “regulations grow from expansions.” Cities expanding, subdivisions being put up, and shifting economics all see how this is true, and now, so is the Montana medical marijuana scene. Since the Montana Medical Program was approved by about 60 percent [...]
