Montana's New Weed Rule: Who Can Actually Run the Store?

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Montana is spelling out who must document residency to run a licensed cannabis business—even when that person is not an owner. Its new rule cites the Ninth Circuit, while the wider cannabis-licensing dispute continues.

Recorded September 27, 2026. Thomas Howard and Miggy host Cannabis Legalization News.

This episode covers Montana's operational-control rule; GAO's scheduling-policy findings; DOJ's firearm-rights restoration process; Ohio VIP Smoke Shop guilty pleas; a military marijuana-testing appeal; the Third Circuit's Welch decision; hemp and full-spectrum CBD; Pekin's dispensary and a local PBS feature; Colorado vape recalls; Massachusetts' repeal poll; and the federal-policy outlook. Plus Name That Strain: GG4.

Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ZmBXsM5dE

Primary reading: Montana adopted rule: https://revenue.mt.gov/news/rules-hearing/MAR-Notice-2026-155-2 | GAO report: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108623 | DOJ program: https://www.justice.gov/ffrr

A proposal is not enacted law, a plea is not sentencing, a poll is not an election result, and rescheduling is not blanket federal legalization. Some secondary-reported details remain qualified in the show notes.

Thomas practices cannabis law and holds Illinois cannabis retail interests. This show provides general education, not legal or tax advice.

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