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Helena, MT: House and Senate lawmakers have sent bills to the Governor mandating new restrictions on edible cannabis products and imposing new penalties for motorists with trace levels of THC in their blood.
House Bill 636 stipulates that a single serving of an edible cannabis product may not exceed 5 milligrams of THC. Under current law, single servings are capped at 10 mgs.
Senate Bill 508 imposes new criminal penalties for motorists under the age of 21 who operate a vehicle with any detectable amounts of THC in their system, regardless of whether they are under the influence. (The measure does not impose penalties for those who test positive solely for inactive cannabis metabolites.) State law already prohibits anyone from operating a motor vehicle with THC levels above 5ng/ml.
Because THC may be present in blood even after several days of abstinence, NORML opposes the imposition of per se THC thresholds for motorists and alternatively calls for the expanded use of mobile performance technology like DRUID to determine whether someone is under the influence.
A bill (Senate Bill 27) extending the moratorium on new marijuana business licenses was also approved by lawmakers. All three bills await action from Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte.
Separate legislation seeking to impose a mandatory registry for cannabis consumers and significantly restricting the potency of adult-use cannabis products failed to make it out of committee.
Montana voters legalized the adult-use marijuana market in 2020.
A state-by-state guide to pending marijuana legislation and NORML action alerts is available from NORML’s Take Action Center.
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