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Montana bill would require standardized cannabis warning labels; health groups back it, industry objects to graphic posters
Summary
Representative Melody Cunningham told the Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee HB 792 would require clear point-of-sale warnings and standardized exit-envelope labels for cannabis products. Medical groups supported the change; industry witnesses and retailers objected to proposed graphic images and sought longer implementation and regulatory parity.
Representative Melody Cunningham opened testimony on House Bill 792 at the Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee, saying the bill "is to ensure that consumers have access to clear, visible, and effective health warnings at the point of cannabis sale." She told senators she reviewed Cannabis Control Division rules and dispensary packaging and found inconsistent and often unreadable warnings; HB 792 would add standardized point-of-sale posters, require a caution triangle icon, set a minimum legible font size for exit envelopes and replace the clinical term "cannabinoid hyperemesis" with the plain-language phrase "excessive vomiting." Cunningham also said the bill would require a warning that driving under the influence of marijuana is a crime.
Public-health and clinical witnesses urged passage. Liana Troesh of Safe Montana said the change was a "common sense solution," arguing images plus text better communicate risks to children and people who…
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