Montana Legalization

Status

Legalized

Became Law:

2021

ADULT-USE POSSESSION LIMITS

  • Flower: 1 oz
  • Concentrate: 8 g
  • Edibles: 800 mg

HOME CULTIVATION

  • Yes. An adult may not grow more than two plants and/or two seedlings at any one time. Households with more than one adult are permitted to grow twice that amount without penalty.

STATE-LICENSED RETAILERS OPERATIONAL

  • Yes

THC LIMITS ON COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRODUCTS

  • Yes. Cannabis flower is limited to be no higher than 35 percent THC; edible products are limited to no more than 100mg of THC per package, and other concentrated products are capped at 800mg. 

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR OFF-THE-JOB CONSUMPTION

  • Yes. “No employer shall refuse to hire or employ any person or shall discharge from employment … solely due to the presence of cannabinoid metabolites in the employee’s bodily fluid.”
  • Details

PROCESS TO EXPUNGE/SEAL PAST CONVICTIONS

  • No

PER SE TRAFFIC SAFETY LIMITS

  • Yes. It is a traffic safety violation to operate a motor vehicle with levels of THC in blood above 5 ng/ml.

PENALTIES FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION

  • Yes. Smoking cannabis in public is subject to a civil fine of no more than $50.