Following the raid, he - along with his partners and members of his nearly 30 person staff at Montana Cannabis - faced nearly five years in federal prison for running a business that while still illegal federally, was perfectly within the bounds of Montana law. During the vote on a proposed repeal, DEA agents raided 26 ostensibly legal cannabis growing sights across the state and put the state’s biggest caregivers out of operation, including one owned by Tom Daubert, the protagonist of Cohen’s film.ĭaubert had previously spent a couple of decades lobbying in the legislature, becoming a de facto spokesperson for medical marijuana reform in the state. The debate, which was colored by outrageous, scaremongering claims about increased teen use and demonic possession, revolved around the possibility of an outright repeal of the initial 2004 law, which spawned an industry that became the ire of conservative politicians and family groups. In Code of the West, director Rebecca Richman Cohen chronicles the legislative machinations surrounding Montana’s endangered medical marijuana law.
Code of the West, Rebecca Richman Cohen, SXSW Film Festival
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