Montana: THCF Opens Doors
By Chad Harder, Missoula IndependentThe Hemp and Cannabis Foundation (THCF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping patients legally gain access to medical marijuana, recently announced “medical...
View ArticleMontana: Legislature 2009 - Medical Marijuana Measure Advances
By MIKE DENNISON of the Missoulian State Bureau HELENA - A bill increasing the amount of medical marijuana that can be possessed by patients won a surprise endorsement from a Senate committee late...
View ArticleMontana: Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
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...
View ArticleMontana: Medical Marijuana - Exploring The State’s Law After Five Years Of...
Part one of a three part seriesBy Jayme Fraser, Montana Kaimin Jeff Swensen did not tie down his legs late Tuesday night before climbing in bed to watch his favorite television shows. A car accident...
View ArticleMontana: This Could Be The Time - Industrial Hemp
Our ViewsWill U.S. farmers one day be able to grow industrial hemp?North Dakota and Montana are two of nine states that have approved legislation allowing industrial hemp farming or its research....
View ArticleMontana: First License Issued to Hemp Grower
By Matthew Brown, Associated Press BILLINGS – The state this month issued its first license for an industrial hemp-growing operation to a woman who said she wants to develop a domestic market for the...
View ArticleMontana: First Industrial Hemp-Growing State License To Bozeman Woman
By Matthew Brown, Associated Press Montana this month issued its first license for an industrial hemp-growing operation to a woman who said she wants to develop a domestic market for the plant despite...
View ArticleMontana: Medical Marijuana Serious, Offers Real Lives To Patients
By Tom Daubert Medical marijuana is a serious subject. It's frustrating to see it cast in a frivolous light or to hear the law misrepresented.Unfortunately, a recent event in Great Falls, sponsored by...
View ArticleMontana: Applying for Relief: Missoula Clinic Helps Patients Fill Out...
By Tristan Scott of the Missoulian Jim Swansiger took a road trip to Missoula on Monday. When he returned home to Great Falls, the 60-year-old retired construction worker was a legitimate medical...
View ArticleMontana: House Speaker Looks To Repeal Medical Marijuana Law
By Stephanie Barish, NBC Montana HELENA, Mont. -- Republicans and Democrats aren't seeing eye to eye on the Medical marijuana law. Speaker of the House, Mike Milburn, wants the law to go up in...
View ArticleMontana: Petition Aims To Put Marijuana Legalization On Ballot
By Lauren Maschmedt, NBC Montana BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Montana medical marijuana supporters are campaigning for a new petition drive.This one would legalize marijuana across the board.The petition aims to...
View ArticleMontana: Helena Mayor: "Legalize, regulate, and tax" marijuana
By Marnee Banks, KXLH Helena HELENA- Helena Mayor Jim Smith has spoken out on the subject of marijuana saying on Thursday that the drug should be legalized.Smith sat on a panel on Thursday evening...
View ArticleUnited States: Petition to Pardon Medical Marijuana Provider Chris Williams
As a young man enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, Chris Williams swore an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States." Now is the time to show him your support! By Michael...
View ArticleMontana: Medical Marijuana Advocates Push Bill To Amend Strict 2011 Law
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsMedical marijuana advocates are making what is being called a final try this legislative session to fix the 2011 law that imposed such tight restrictions on what was then a...
View ArticleMontana: Mike Hyde (Cashy's Dad) Running For Mayor Of Missoula
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsMichael Hyde, the father of child medical marijuana patient Cashy Hyde, who died of brain cancer last year, has filed to run for mayor of Missoula, Montana.Hyde, 29, filed on...
View ArticleU.S.: Pacific Northwest Native American Tribes Oppose Marijuana Legalization
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsI guess no group is immune to ignorance. A group representing 57 Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday morning announced it opposes the legalization of...
View ArticleMontana: Ban On All Marijuana Proposed For November Ballot
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsA Mormon car dealer from Billings, Montana, is proposing a ballot measure to completely ban marijuana in the Big Sky State.Steve Zabawa of the Rimrock Auto Group is behind a...
View ArticleMontana: Fate Of Medical Marijuana Hangs In The Balance
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe fate of medical cannabis awaits a decision in Montana, and thousands of patients could be left with no access to their medicine.As of February 2014, the Montana Marijuana...
View ArticleU.S.: Senator John Walsh Offers Protections for Medical Marijuana Patient Gun...
Amendment to Senate Appropriations Bill would deny funds to the ATF for enforcing ban on gun rights for medical marijuana patientsSen. John Walsh (D-Montana) has offered an amendment to Senate...
View ArticleMontana: Judge Blocks Enforcement of Key Parts of Medical Marijuana Law
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsA Montana judge on Friday permanently banned enforcement of key provisions of the state's restrictive medical marijuana law.District Judge James Reynolds blocked several...
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