Montana Medical Marijuana Law

Status

Operational

Law Signed:

2004

QUALIFYING CONDITIONS

  • Admittance into hospice care in accordance with rules adopted by the department
  • Cachexia or wasting syndrome
  • Cancer
  • Central nervous system disorder resulting in chronic, painful spasticity or muscle spasms
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Epilepsy or an intractable seizure disorder
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Intractable nausea or vomiting
  • Painful peripheral neuropathy
  • Post traumatic stress disorder
  • Severe chronic pain that is persistent pain of severe intensity that significantly interferes with daily activities as documented by the patient’s treating physician

PATIENT POSSESSION LIMITS

A registered cardholder who has named a provider may possess up to one ounce of usable marijuana. A registered cardholder who has not named a provider may possess up to 4 mature plants, 4 seedlings, and the amount of usable marijuana allowed by the department by rule. If two or more registered cardholders share a residence and have not named providers, the cardholders may have a maximum of 8 mature plants, 8 seedlings, and the amount of usable marijuana allowed by the department by rule.

HOME CULTIVATION

Yes. See above.

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES ALLOWED

Yes. Passage of Initiative I-182 permits licensed medical marijuana providers to serve more than three patients at one time.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA STATUTES

  • Montana Medical Marijuana Act, Mont. Code Ann. §§ 50-46-1 to 50-46-2 (2007)

CAREGIVERS

Yes, but caregivers may provide for no more than two patients at one time (or three, if the caregiver is also a patient).

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF REGISTERED PATIENTS

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS

RECIPROCITY

No