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When it comes to kids with cancer, most health care providers say they'd help their patients get medical marijuana. That finding stems from an analysis of survey responses from 288 US doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, social workers and registered nurses...

Medical marijuana providers and patients in Montana say proposed regulatory actions would place considerable cost and time burdens on them. The Montana Standard reports the stakeholders voiced opposition to the set of proposed rules during a hearing Thursday at the state Department of Public...

The state health department has drafted proposed regulations for the medical marijuana industry, setting rules for quality testing, tracking and increasing fees. The Billings Gazette reports the Department of Public Health and Human Services plans a public hearing in Helena on Nov. 30...

The state health department released a pack of proposed rules for the medical marijuana industry, which will be the subject of a public hearing later this month. The rules provide new information about how the industry would be regulated in areas like employment, product tracking and testing...

Montana medical marijuana providers paid about $300,000 in taxes for the first quarter, which ended in September. The tax was the first of its kind on the Montana medical marijuana industry, which is seeing a resurgence in enrollment after the passage of more comprehensive regulatory laws...

Stakeholders in Montana's medical marijuana industry brought forth concerns on Wednesday as department administrators gave updates on an ongoing rule-making process. The Revenue and Transportation Interim Committee of the Montana Legislature heard testimony on Senate Bill 333, which outlined...

Medical marijuana providers, patients and labs that test products told a legislative committee Friday they want regulations and licensing on their industry to show it is legitimate. "This is transparency and this is bringing the program out from the shadows," said Kate Cholewa, who represents...

Montana's medical marijuana dispensaries lost and then regained the ability to serve more than three patients this year. Initiative 182, approved in November by 58 percent of voters across Montana and more than 61 percent of those in Lewis and Clark County, struck down a law passed by the...

Helena - Initiative 182, approved by Montana voters earlier this week, will loosen restrictions on medical marijuana providers in the state. But the measure also means new responsibilities for the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services. The initiative creates a licensing process...

Helena - Initiative 182, approved by Montana voters earlier this week, will loosen restrictions on medical marijuana providers in the state. But the measure also means new responsibilities for the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services. The initiative creates a licensing process...

OK, Montana. We have gone back and forth and around and around about medical marijuana in this state for more than a decade. It's time for us to settle on the best course of action and work toward making it as compassionate, realistic, effective and enforceable as possible. Initiative 182...

In August, medical marijuana dispensaries across Montana closed their doors due to new restrictions taking effect that limit cannabis providers to three patients apiece. The move left thousands of state-registered cannabis patients without a legal way to buy the drug. After five years of...

In August, medical marijuana dispensaries across Montana closed their doors due to new restrictions taking effect that limit cannabis providers to three patients apiece. The move left thousands of state-registered cannabis patients without a legal way to buy the drug. After five years of...

Billings - Jack Haney just wants 10 more weeks. On Aug. 31, he and other medical marijuana providers will drop all but three of their registered cardholders under a new Montana law that takes effect that day. On Nov. 8, voters will decide whether to revert back to the current law, which has no...

Billings - Jack Haney just wants 10 more weeks. On Aug. 31, he and other medical marijuana providers will drop all but three of their registered cardholders under a new Montana law that takes effect that day. On Nov. 8, voters will decide whether to revert back to the current law, which has no...

In 2004, Montanans voted to legalize medical marijuana. After that, things careened out of control. A cottage industry sprang up that provided marijuana prescriptions pretty much for the asking. And marijuana providers were more than happy to meet the demand. Soon there were literally tens of...

Some time ago a colleague requested assistance in working on a governance structure for a non-profit medical cannabis dispensary. I was somewhat aware of medical cannabis and its impact following the referendum in Massachusetts and other states to legalize medical cannabis. A former...

Friday night, cannabis supporters held a meeting in Missoula to discuss their next step before they have to abide by the recent Montana Supreme Court ruling of medical marijuana law. At the private meeting, more than a dozen cannabis providers and even some patients from across western...

The Montana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that medical marijuana providers should be paid for their services, but it clamped down on commercial sales of the drug by limiting providers to no more than three patients each. The court's decision upheld other provisions of a 2011 state law that...