Mellow Yellow coffeeshop legislation in Amsterdam requiring 28 coffeeshops located within 250 meters of schools to close. The owner protested that the school was a hairstyling academy with students generally over the age of 18, but the Amsterdam government still required its closure, in part to protect the remaining coffeeshops in Amsterdam from the requirements used in other parts of the Netherlands which bar foreigners from cannabis coffeeshops. The owner Johnny Petram stated his hope that he would be able to reopen Mellow Yellow at a new location. Mellow Yellow coffeeshop Mellow Yellow was the oldest cannabis coffee shop in Amsterdam, prior to
Cannabis in Montana mandatory testing and seed to sale tracking.. SB 333 also imposes a 4% tax on medical marijuana beginning July 1, 2017 and decreases to 2% beginning on July 1, 2018. Cannabis in Montana In the US state of Montana, cannabis is legal for medical uses, but has been illegal for recreational use since 1929. Medical cannabis was legalized by ballot initiative in 2004. The senate and congress passed a repeal to tighten Montana Medical Marijuana (MMJ) laws which failed getting the Governor's signature. However, with the new provisions, providers could not service more than three patients. In November 2016 Bill