Mellow Yellow coffeeshop Mellow Yellow was unsuccessfully raided by police several times. Unpackaged cannabis, bought from wholesalers including drug lord Klaas Bruinsma, was hidden behind secret doors and shutters. In 1975, the concept was adopted by a shop named Russia situated on the same street as Mellow Yellow and was followed by another coffee shop called The Bulldog. Now there are 223 such coffee shops in Amsterdam. Bruining also runs Stichting Mediwiet (Medi Cannabis Foundation), a group that supports the legalization of growing marijuana for medicinal uses. The shop was closed at the strike of the New Year in 2017, due to new
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