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Helena - Medical marijuana cards in Montana just got a lot cheaper. The state health department has reduced the fee to obtain or renew a medical marijuana card from $75 to $5. The changes went into effect on Saturday, according to the health department website. This comes in advance of a...

Helena - Medical marijuana cards in Montana just got a lot cheaper. The state health department has reduced the fee to obtain or renew a medical marijuana card from $75 to $5. The changes went into effect on Saturday, according to the health department website. This comes in advance of a...

Billings - The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is lowering its fee for medical marijuana cardholder registrants by about 94 percent. The department, which administers the program, announced the change this month. As of Saturday, people renewing or applying for a new...

Billings - The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is lowering its fee for medical marijuana cardholder registrants by about 94 percent. The department, which administers the program, announced the change this month. As of Saturday, people renewing or applying for a new...

The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal challenging a Montana law that limits medical marijuana providers to selling the drug to a maximum of three patients each. The justices on Monday let stand a Montana Supreme Court ruling that upheld key provisions of a state law that rolled back much of...

The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal challenging a Montana law that limits medical marijuana providers to selling the drug to a maximum of three patients each. The justices on Monday let stand a Montana Supreme Court ruling that upheld key provisions of a state law that rolled back much of...

With just two more weeks to gather signatures, three marijuana-related ballot issue campaigns are hitting the road for a final push. Tens of thousands of dollars have been raised by the groups, and those with the largest war chests are reporting the most success. To get on the November ballot...

With just two more weeks to gather signatures, three marijuana-related ballot issue campaigns are hitting the road for a final push. Tens of thousands of dollars have been raised by the groups, and those with the largest war chests are reporting the most success. To get on the November ballot...

I would like to take this opportunity to discuss a grave injustice that is being done here in Montana. All patients that are receiving opiates in Montana will have the prescription voided and not allowed to have any pain drugs from now on. What would normal working class people do if that really...

The Supreme Court of Montana decided to delay the enforcement of restrictions on medical marijuana to Aug. 31. Patients and providers of medical marijuana are given a four-month reprieve before severe restrictions are imposed in the state. The court ruled in favor of the 2011 state law which...

Advocates for medical marijuana in Montana have begun gathering signatures for an initiative seeking to undo legislation that they say overly restricts the use of the substance. Backers of the measure have just nine weeks to collect the 24,175 valid signatures needed to place the initiative...

Advocates for medical marijuana in Montana have begun gathering signatures for an initiative that would ask voters to undo legislation limiting the use of the substance. But backers of I-182 have just nine weeks to collect the 24,175 valid signatures needed to place the measure on the...

In November 2004, nearly 62 percent of Montanans thought medical marijuana was a good idea for Montana. In 2005, the Montana Legislature had a full plate and failed to establish a framework for the industry to be regulated. In 2007, again the Legislature had other, bigger fish to fry. Yes, even...

Since Montana's legalization of medical marijuana, the industry has faced several litigation challenges, which will place restrictions on various aspects of the trade. Most recently, on Feb. 25, the Montana Supreme Court approved a restriction that will limit the number of patients a medical...

Dorothy Solyst was diagnosed with breast cancer 19 years ago. For 18 of those years, she never considered medical marijuana an option, until this past summer. "At one point in my life, I would have never said I would be taking it, because I have 2 grown sons, well, that's a thing a mother...

I know and respect Pat Prendergast, but his loose use of "Facts" without any citations is disconcerting (Montana Standard, March 21). You state that "Marijuana is NOT approved nor endorsed by the FDA, The AMA, etc." FACT -- FDA website "The FDA also has an important role to play in supporting...

Medical marijuana patients and the businesses that serve them are waiting for the next legal turn after a court filing last Friday. Advocates for the drug asked the Supreme Court to delay its February 25th ruling that would effectively shut down dozens of dispensaries across the state...

The president of a pro-marijuana group said there is confusion for many medical marijuana users and providers, after the Montana Supreme Court issued its ruling two weeks ago. Last week, the Montana Cannabis Information Association asked the court to reconsider its ruling that left nearly all...

Medical marijuana advocates are asking the Montana Supreme Court to delay implementing a ruling last month that will severely limit distribution of the drug. The court's February decision upholds a 2011 state law that requires marijuana providers to sell to no more than three registered users...

Montana's stricter medical cannabis laws that will affect marijuana dispensaries will go into effect on Friday. The change has some providers worried they will go out of business. The law limits the number of customers providers can serve to only three. They will also be barred from...