Advocates for Montana Medical Marijuana Plan to Fight Upcoming Legislation

Montana Medical Marijuana has recently been in the forefront of the nation's Medical Marijuana news. Following several raids of Montana Medical Marijuana facilities, on the basis of alleged illicit operations, Montana politicians have struck up legislation to inhibit the Montana Medical Marijuana community.

The proposed legislation which Medical Marijuana advocates are battling would drastically increase the restrictions on those seeking to become registered as Medical Marijuana patients. This legislation, advocates fear, will create an overnight black market for Medical Marijuana, and will completely destroy everything the Montana Medical Marijuana community has worked to build. Not only that, but it is in direct defiance of the residents of Montana, who voted in Medical Marijuana.

In hopes to overcome the legislative tide pressing against them, Montana Medical Marijuana advocates have devised a strategy that consists of: veto, sue, suspend. Initially, they sought to convince the Governor to veto the legislation. This proved unsuccessful, as the Governor did not veto, but refrained from a vote, allowing it to pass without his vote.

The next step would be to file a lawsuit against the future law--a law which would see all dispensaries out of business by July 1, 2011. Finally, they would seek to stop the legislation by creating a referendum to cease the law before it goes into effect. If this occurred, the decision would then go before voters in November 2012.