Monahan is preparing his medical marijuana dispensary to join the new marketplace for the first legal sale of recreational cannabis to adults 21 and over.
“As we’re seeing from different areas right now — Billings, Missoula — they’re contemplating how they want to manage those businesses or how many storefronts they even want to allow.
Montana’s soon-to-be patchwork approach to marijuana sales isn’t uncommon, according to National Cannabis Industry Association’s Aaron Smith.
Mistakes will be made along the way, as have been in other states.
“I think we’re going to see the opt-out counties come to the Legislature in 2023 saying, ‘we want some of that damn money’.