Agencies look to legislature to clear up legalized marijuana rules

(Editor’s note: This is the first in a series about the recent legalization of marijuana in Montana.)

At the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, 2021, possession and use of recreational marijuana became legal for all adults over 21 in Montana after the passage of two initiatives by Montana voters in the November election. Constitutional Initiative 118 amended the state constitution to allow the Legislature or voters to set the age at which adults can possess and consume marijuana and ballot Initiative 190 legalized the sale and possession of limited amounts of marijuana and levies a 20% tax on the s...