The Cannabis Control Division (CCD) is a division within the Department of Revenue. The objective of the CCD is to develop a well-regulated program so that individuals with a debilitating medical condition can safely access the medicine they need. House Bill 701 (HB 701) was passed by the 2021 Montana Legislature and signed into law on 5/18/2021. HB701 amends both the recreational marijuana initiative I-190 and the Montana Medical Marijuana Act. CCD administers both programs as the “Montana Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act” under Title 16, chapter 12.
Department Duties
- Administers licenses for:
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- Canopy licenses: main business license; structured in tiers
- Provider location license: required for cultivation locations
- Marijuana infused product provider (MIPP) location license: required for manufacturing facilities
- Dispensary location license: required for each dispensary
- Chemical manufacturing endorsement
- Medical marijuana industry employee applications
- Medical marijuana program testing lab
- Medical marijuana inspections
- Seed-to-sale systems Economic Affairs Interim Committee Areas of Interest
- The Economic Affairs Interim Committee has been assigned a study (SJ 31) for the 2021-2022 interim to review the implementation of the recreational marijuana program and evaluate the state of the medical marijuana program. The study will involve significant involvement with the CCD.
The department shall begin accepting applications for marijuana manufacturers that are not former medical marijuana licensees, as defined in 16-12-102(14), MCA, on July 1, 2023.
A marijuana manufacturer licensee shall not utilize a branded, commercially manufactured food product (e.g., Chex Mix, Nerds Ropes) as an edible marijuana product except when commercially manufactured food products are used as ingredients in an edible marijuana product in a way that renders them unrecognizable as the commercial food product in the final edible marijuana product; and the licensee does not state or advertise to the consumer that the final edible marijuana product contains the commercially manufactured food product.