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Heated hearing in Helena as Montana senators weigh 15% THC potency cap
Summary
Sen. Greg Hertz's SB 443 would cap retail THC potency at 15% (medical dispensaries exempt). Proponents from prevention and treatment sectors cited scientific studies linking high‑potency THC to psychosis and youth harms; industry witnesses warned the limit would devastate the licensed market, boost the black market, and cost jobs and tax revenue.
Senator Greg Hertz opened Senate Bill 443, proposing a 15% cap on total THC potency for retail cannabis products (with explicit medical dispensary exemptions). Hertz framed the bill as a public‑health intervention directed at high‑potency THC products—what witnesses described as concentrated extracts and vapes that did not exist in earlier decades.
More than one hundred proponents and opponents provided testimony across roughly four hours. Treatment providers, prevention specialists, clinicians and patients described cases of severe adverse reactions,…
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