HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Medical marijuana advocates are asking the Montana Supreme Court to delay implementing a ruling last month that will severely limit distribution of the drug.
The court's February decision upholds a 2011 state law that requires marijuana providers to sell to no more than three registered users each. The ruling means that most large dispensaries will have to shut down.
A petition for rehearing is being filed Friday, the deadline before ruling was to take effect. It requests a transition period through the end of the next legislative session, which would be April 2017.
The petition also asks the court to consider lifting the three-patient limit.
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