Our Mission

In an effort to build a comprehensive profile of medical cannabis in Montana, we want to identify all of the potential issues and rational solutions. We will be supporting this with any and all available documentation.

Please use this area to make suggestions of topics for discussion.  Your participation will help us to develop a better guide.

Issue #4-Out of state patients

Montana has a reciprical agreement for medical cannabis patients from other states.  Since  caregivers may only serve the patients registered to them and patients with out of state medical cards do not have a designated caregiver, what is the best way to modify the law so that is it clear to everyone how to serve this patient?

Issue #3-Free Enterprise

Do you favor a few large growers in the State supplying all patients or the free enterprise system we have now where the market place determines which business and business model flourishes?

Issue #2-Sharing Medicine

Recently a patient in Missoula obtained medicine legally from their caregiver and, shortly after leaving the store front, began to medicate in the car.  At some point, the patient passed his medicine to non patients.  He was charged with a felony to distribute illegal drugs.  It is illegal for licensed patients to share their medicine with anyone who is not licensed.  How can we get this message to patients?

Issue #1-Patient Licensing

There is a concern that individuals are receiving their MT medical cannabis license but they may not have a qualifying condition.  What is the best way to address this issue?

Welcome!

Welcome to the Montana Medical Cannabis Survey.

Solutions for Montana, a non-profit corporation, is collecting data for research publication regarding the State issue of medical cannabis and regulation.  Data collected in this survey will be supplied to interested parties for the purpose of informing them on the issues related to this important topic.

 

In November 2004, Montana passed Initiative 148, allowing patients with specific medical conditions to alleviate their symptoms through the use of medicinal product.  The law also allows qualified patients and their caregivers to grow and/or possess a specific number of  plants and actual usable medicinal cannabis.

 

Montana was the 10th state to pass a medical cannabis law.  Under federal law, it is still illegal to grow, sell, purchase, or use marijuana, even for health-related reasons.

 

The issue of Medical Marijuana in Montana will be one of the most important issues of the upcoming 2011 Montana legislative session.  The Children, Families, Health and Human Services Interim Committee has developed draft proposals for changes to the current Initiative to be presented at the start of the next legislative session. 

 

The proposed changes to the Initiative will tighten the regulations currently set for patients and caregivers: http://www.leg.mt.gov/content/Committees/Interim/2009_2010/Children_Family/Emerging-Issue/lcmm01-revisions-aug24.pdf

 

We welcome your comments and your input.