Warning label for Montana medical marijuana rejected

Warning label for Montana medical marijuana rejected

HELENA — Montana lawmakers in the House have rejected a bill requiring warning labels on medical marijuana.

The bill sponsored by Democratic Rep. Pat Noonan of Ramsay fell on a 59-40 vote.

The bill called for a label to read, "Warning: In some instances, marijuana may trigger acute psychosis or symptoms of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses."

Noonan tells the Billings Gazette in a story published Friday that he was asked to introduce the bill by the Montana Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

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