New Year’s Day is right around the corner and 2021 cannot arrive soon enough. One of the reasons many are looking forward to ringing in the new year is the legalization of recreational marijuana. At 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2021, Montana adults over 21 will be able to send 2020 up in smoke, legally.
Montana voters in November approved Initiative 190, which legalized recreational marijuana, and Constitutional Initiative 118, which amends the state constitution to set the legal age of cannabis consumption at 21. Approximately 60 percent of Montana residents voted in support of the initiatives. Though recreational marijuana will be legal, restrictions will still be in place as state lawmakers iron out the official rules.
“Not gonna work that way, honey,” laughed Deb Lambert, co-owner of CannaOrganics, Valley County’s medical marijuana dispensary, about people who may line up at their door expecting to purchase recreational marijuana immediately. Currently, recreational sales in Montana are not scheduled to start until January, 2022. Rod Lambert, the store’s other co-owner, explained that at this time he is “almost compelled to apply [for a recreational license] when it’s time” but is unsure what the regulations will be and whether he will be allowed to operate a medical and a recreational dispensary in the same building.
While legislators attempt to impose rules…
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