Montana joined four other states Tuesday in legalizing marijuana for recreational use by adults.
Dave Lewis says Montana’s approval of legal recreational marijuana while simultaneously electing Republicans to every major political office in the state makes sense to him.
“I think it’s a mixture of Montanans liking the freedom for adults to make decisions about what they do and the understanding that, ‘yeah, there’s the potential for some economic improvement coming out of this.”
Lewis is a policy adviser for New Approach Montana, the group that spearheaded the effort to legalize recreational marijuana in the state.I-190 establishes the framework to begin recreational marijuana sales in Montana. Its companion piece, CI-118, amends the state constitution to set the minimum buying age at 21.
The policies are effective starting next year.
Both passed with almost 60-percent of the vote; a decisive enough victory to deter at least one attempt to scuttle the measures during the…
