Lawmakers to decide final marijuana overhaul fate

HELENA — After Republican plans to repeal the state's medical marijuana law went up in smoke last week with the governor's veto, lawmakers have one last chance and just a few days to hash out an overhaul of what's become a booming industry.

Many lawmakers from both parties say something needs to be done to rein in medical marijuana in Montana now that it has reached beyond those with severe illnesses for whom voters in 2004 meant the law to apply.

Medical marijuana has been a massive growth industry in Montana since 2009 when the U.S. attorney general's office indicated the federal government...