16-12-215. Required warning labels and posters, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2025

TITLE 16. ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MARIJUANA

CHAPTER 12. MARIJUANA REGULATION AND TAXATION

Part 2. Licensing and Regulation

Required Warning Labels And Posters

16-12-215. Required warning labels and posters. (1) A person may not manufacture, package, sell, or transfer any marijuana or marijuana product unless the package containing the marijuana or marijuana product bears a warning label. The text of the warning label must be displayed in a legible font, such as times new roman, arial, or helvetica, and the lowercase letter "o" must be at least one-sixteenth of an inch in height. The statement must be placed next to the universal warning symbol for marijuana and must read:

(a) "WARNING: Consumption of marijuana may cause anxiety, agitation, paranoia, psychosis, and excessive vomiting."

(b) "WARNING: Consumption of marijuana by pregnant women may result in fetal injury and low birth weight."

(c) "WARNING: Consumption of marijuana by nursing mothers may result in infant hyperactivity and poor cognitive function."

(d) "WARNING: Driving while under the influence of marijuana is a crime."

(2) Each warning statement must be printed on all forms of marijuana exit packaging.

(3) A marijuana business shall display at any point of sale a consumer education poster that includes all text warnings pursuant to this section.

(4) Each poster must:

(a) be at least 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size;

(b) include the universal warning symbol for marijuana;

(c) include the text warnings pursuant to this section; and

(d) provide a website address, phone number, and quick reference code for a resource that provides assistance with overcoming marijuana addiction.

(5) Each exit package must include a quick reference code for a resource that provides consumer education assistance with overcoming marijuana addiction.

History: En. Sec. 109, Ch. 576, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 532, L. 2025.