In Helena, last Thursday, April 28, after denying Governor Brian Schweitzer’s amendment that allows a marijuana provider to provide 25 patients and let them generate profit, the lawmakers gave the revised version of the medical marijuana overhaul bill.
Legislators of both chambers agreed to Gov. Schweitzer’s changes to the bill that increases privacy rights on patients and procedural changes on accessing the drug.
The legislators had a negotiation with Gov. Schweitzer; for which the government agreed to Schweitzer’s changes to the bill that would increase privacy rights on patients and on the procedural changes of the drug. However, after the negotiation turned into madness, the governor’s amendments on increasing the access of marijuana were denied and the legislators decided to stick with the strict regulations in the bill which was passed last Wednesday, April 27. And the measure will be returned to Gov. Schweitzer for his approval or veto.
This revised bill, Senate Bill 423 re-evaluated and rewrote the existing marijuana law and aims to significantly reduce the number of marijuana users and eliminate marijuana business on states that have approximately 30,000 users and a big marijuana industry. The bill also aims on growing marijuana for free and pure grounds.
It was a major rewrite and was one of the biggest limitations on medical marijuana law attempted by a state ever.
Gov. Schweitzer wrote a letter to the president and said there that he is disappointed with the current form of the Senate Bill 423 that it has unconstitutional provisions and he is afraid that the limited access in the overhaul would provoke patients to settle for illegal marijuana market.
The rejected amendments of Gov. Schweitzer would have loosened the very tight restrictions of the bill that could allow providers earn profit and have them three patients each. However, the lawmakers could not promote an increase on number of patients per provider for the Department of Justice has stated clearly on their letter which was sent to the officials of different states that it will target large growing marijuana operations.
Just recently, the marijuana business in Montana has been the target of federal raids. And so, Montana’s US Attorney issued warning against marijuana businesses last week.
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