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In Montana, Cannabis sales are regulated by the Cannabis Control Division, a branch of the Department of Revenue. Montana allows the sale of medical and adult use cannabis.
Montana uses METRC as it’s seed-to-sale traceability system. All inventory and sales must be reported to METRC. Montana requires inventory actions to be reported to the state system in real time.
A registered patient may obtain from licensed dispensaries:
A person who is 21 years of age or older may purchase one ounce of usable marijuana.
Montana has defined the following product equivalencies for cannabis products:
One [1] ounce of marijuana flower = eighty [80] ten-milligram servings, or 800mg of THC in marijuana products or edibles = eight [8] grams of concentrate = eight [8] ml of vape cartridges
Example:
If you purchase ½ ounce of flower, you would also be able to purchase four [4] grams of marijuana concentrate OR 400 mg of infused products or edibles OR four [4] 1 ml vape cartridges OR eight [8] .5 ml vape cartridges
For a medical marijuana dispensary, there is a 4% tax on the retail price of marijuana, marijuana products, and live marijuana plants for use by individuals with debilitating medical conditions.
For an adult use-dispensary, there is a 20% tax on the retail price of marijuana, marijuana products, and live marijuana plants.
Medical and Adult Use cannabis sales are also subject to local option tax rates, up to 3%
*Montana taxes discounts if the discount is not available to all. Discounts that apply to only medical or recreational are allowed without taxation.
Montana only allows delivery of cannabis products to Medical Patients.
Third party transporters require a Transporter license to deliver on behalf of a dispensary or cultivator. Dispensary operators may deliver to register cardholders without a transporter license.
All transportation of marijuana requires a valid transport manifest from the seed-to-sale tracking system (METRC).
