Montana legislature to debate medical marijuana and decriminalization this week

Subject: Montana Senate To Decide On Medical Marijuana; House To Debate Decriminalization

We’re contacting you today with good news from the State House.

First, the House Judiciary Committee has scheduled to hear testimony in favor of HB 541 — which would amend state law so that the possession of up to 30 grams of marijuana is reduced from a criminal misdemeanor (punishable by up to six -months in jail) to a $50 fine — on Wednesday, February 18, at 8am in Room 137 of the State Capitol.

Please consider traveling to the Capitol and voicing your support for this common sense proposal. Also, if you have not yet done so, please write your Representative today, and urge him or her to vote ‘yes’ on HB 541. You can do so here.

In other news, on Friday the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety Committee votes 5-2 to pass SB 326, an act to provide greater access to medical marijuana for state-authorized patients. The full Senate is expected to vote on the measure later this week!

If passed, this proposal would:

1. Expand the number of qualifying conditions for which marijuana may be legally recommended;
2. Increase the amount of marijuana a patient may legally possess;
3. Prohibit employers and landlords from discriminating against medicinal marijuana patients solely because of their medical status.

Please contact your Senator today and tell him or her to vote ‘yes’ on SB 326. You can do so by clicking here.

These next few days are crucial for the fate of marijuana law reform in Montana. Please write or call your elected officials and voice your support for these efforts.

For additional information, please please contact Montana Patients and Families United at: info@mtmjpatients.org or Montana NORML.

Thank you for supporting NORML’s marijuana reform efforts in Montana.