Success!
District Court Judge Reynolds issued a Temporary Restraining Order late today, as requested by the MTCIA through their attorney Jim Goetz. The provisions of SB423 which limit providers to no more than 3 patients and prohibit patients from providing anything of value to providers are now temporarily blocked from enforcement by the State. This effectively undoes the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision earlier in the week which overturned these provisions in the original injunction. As a result, DPHHS will NOT provide notice to the state’s patients stating they no longer have a provider, and providers are likewise not limited by these provisions in the current Marijuana Act.
This is a temporary measure that blocks the full effects of the law until a hearing on a motion for a new injunction. That hearing is set for November 13, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse.
This is a major, if only temporary, victory for the state’s most vulnerable citizens, and again acknowledges the serious constitutional defects in our current law.
The best solution is to vote AGAINST SB423 on the ballot and overturn this terrible law! Savor the win, and then vote no!
Thank you Judge Reynolds
WOOHOO! Now let’s get the vote done!
Great News for all the patients and providers who need each other. A VICTORY, at least for now. Thank you all !!!!!
Very good,! maybe we should vote Judge Reynolds as a right in for Governor, LOL!
Chris, will you be posting the copy of TRO.? PLEASE!!!
The effects of this restrictive law have all ready took a tremendous toll on the crime rate in Montana.From the day it began. The streets are flooded with drugs and crime has risen.Vote Against SB-423!
YES!!!!! Now I continue to get the pain relief I need. No where else can i get the salves, creams, balms and such. I have already voted. So now every one get out there and vote!!!!
Good news for today !
Does anybody know how many jobs have been lost because of the confusing and threatening laws passed (then overturned, then passed, then overturned, then restrained, etc.) against providers? Or how much income into Montana has been lost because of the piss-poor way these contentious laws have been handled? thanks! alphia
[...] In more local Montana cannabis news, Judge Reynolds has issued a temporary restraining order that blocks the full effects of the law, at least until the hearing. If you want to go to the hearing, it will be Tuesday November 13, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse. If you are at all able, please get there and show your support. The MTCIA has more information here. [...]