Sen. Ron Erikson's Senate Bill 326 would broaden Montana's medical marijuana laws.
By Courtney Lowery, New West
The Montana Senate voted 28-22 to approve a bill that would expand the state’s medical marijuana law to include it as a treatment for more ailments and to increase the amount patients and caregivers can possess.
Senate Bill 326, sponsored by Sen. Ron Erickson, D-Missoula, would add the following diseases to the “Debilitating medical conditions” for which medical maijuana is allowed in the state: diabetes, post-traumatic stress disorder, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, nail-patella syndrome and dysmenorrhea. It would also increase the legal possession limits per patient or caregiver to no more than six mature, flowering marijuana plants, eight immature plants, and 3 ounces of usable marijuana each.
The bill passed second reading on Saturday between then and today, picked up three more supporters.
It will now await transmittal to the House of Representatives.
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