IndustryDevelopments | International & State Montana State lawmakers rejected a $1.35 million budget request to fund the recreational cannabis program, raising uncertainty about regulators’ ability to meet the sales launch deadline. The state revenue department had requested the money to set up a department of 20 full-time employees after Montana voters approved a ballot initiative in November to legalize an adult-use marijuana market.
New Mexico Ultra Health, the state’s leading medical cannabis company, is trying to force New Mexico regulators to increase the marijuana plant-count limit, claiming the restriction has resulted in insufficient supply and high prices. According to the latest legal filing, Ultra Health alleges that the state is violating a 2019 court order to ensure the plant-count limit is adequate and reasonable. State regulators boosted the plant-count limit from 450 plants per cultivator to 1,750 in 2019, but Ultra Health argues that the amount per patient has been mostly offset by the growth of the MMJ program.
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