The following is a news release from Alliance for Youth. GREAT FALLS, Mont. - Cannabis policy expert and author Ben Cort will be in Great Falls on Wednesday, April 17,
A local group is asking Cascade County officials to consider a cap on the number of marijuana dispensaries that are able to operate in the county, or other restrictions. County officials have said the law doesn't allow them to restrict the number of dispensaries that can operate in the county and since voters approved marijuana
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is sponsoring its biannual National Drug Take Back event Saturday, April 24 intended for people to bring in unused or expired prescription medication to be disposed of properly.
The event will be held at 1001 River Drive North between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in conjunction with the Montana Highway Patrol and the Cascade County Substance Abuse Prevention Alliance (SAPA).
“Some of them are highly addictive, and so they can get into the wrong hands,” Prevention Program Manager for SAPA Beth Price Morrison said of unused prescription medication. “Your kids or grandkids could stumble upon them. They re not good to flush because they get into our water stream, and believe it or not, they do have an impact.”
In the background of the first half of the Montana Legislature, lawmakers have been quietly cultivating the bill to bring recreational marijuana s implementation to life.
Legislators in the majority party said last week they hope to reach a consensus-worthy bill â a reflective but revised version of the initiative voters passed last year â and have continued to hold high-level meetings with the governor s office. The bill could surface by the end of this week, a spokesperson for the House GOP said.Â
Rep. Mike Hopkins, R-Missoula, has taken a leading role in pulling the pieces of implementation together and is expected to carry the bill. He and others have prioritized a safe implementation of cannabis, which remains illegal at the federal level.