South Dakota has issued 11,437 marijuana cards August 22, 2023 AggregatedNews South Dakota 0 Comments South Dakota’s medical-cannabis program that voters established in 2020 has proven more popular than expected, but its future is financially uncertain, according to its administrator. Jennifer Seale made those points Monday to the Legislature’s Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee. Seale said the original projection… Read More→
Looking back at marijuana in South Dakota April 21, 2023 AggregatedNews South Dakota 0 Comments It’s been 895 days since the vote was taken to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana in South Dakota. That vote passed, but of course, we know what came next. A legal challenge to the vote was taken to court,… Read More→
Recreational marijuana is illegal in South Dakota, but its high-inducing cousins are widespread March 1, 2023 AggregatedNews South Dakota 0 Comments Recreational marijuana is illegal in South Dakota – voters confirmed as much in November – but the next best thing is available from border to border. The 2018 Farm Bill legalized the cultivation of hemp. By extension, it legalized two… Read More→
South Dakota Senate committee passes bill that would allow for wider use of medical cannabis January 18, 2023 AggregatedNews South Dakota 0 Comments South Dakota State Senators want to make medical marijuana more accessible to those suffering from “debilitating medical conditions.” The Senate’s Health and Human Services committee voted 6 to 1 Wednesday morning to advance SB 1, which would “modify (the) debilitating medical conditions… Read More→
How legal marijuana failed in South Dakota November 10, 2022 AggregatedNews South Dakota 0 Comments SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Two years ago, the ballot measure to legalize marijuana (Amendment A) won 25 counties in South Dakota and passed by more than 30,000 votes. On Tuesday, another ballot measure to legalize marijuana (Initiated Measure 27)… Read More→
South Dakota voters appear to reject recreational marijuana November 9, 2022 AggregatedNews South Dakota 1 Comment Voters in South Dakota appeared to reject Initiated Measure 27, a bill that would’ve legalized the possession, use and distribution of recreational marijuana by people 21 years or older. With 75% of precincts counted, 54% of voters rejected recreational marijuana.… Read More→
Voters approve recreational marijuana in Maryland, Missouri November 9, 2022 AggregatedNews Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, Policy & Legal, South Dakota 1 Comment LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Voters approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri but rejected it in two other states, signaling support gradually growing for legalization even in conservative parts of the country. The results mean that 21 states have… Read More→
SD legislators change a key rule on medical marijuana November 2, 2022 AggregatedNews Medical Marijuana, South Dakota 0 Comments PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A state lawmaker doesn’t want South Dakota’s medical marijuana program changing how it determines risks and benefits. But the Legislature’s Rules Review Committee has let the changes go ahead. The panel voted 5-1 Tuesday to let… Read More→
Voters in some of the most conservative states to weigh in on recreational pot November 1, 2022 AggregatedNews Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota 0 Comments Voters in five states, including four that are among the most conservative in the country, are deciding on whether to legalize recreational marijuana this election. If passed in each state, Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota would join… Read More→
Recreational weed proponent casts doubt on poll showing reverse in fortune for ballot measure legalizing marijuana in South Dakota September 6, 2022 AggregatedNews South Dakota 0 Comments Sure, he’s seen the poll, but he’s not sweating it. Matt Schweich, South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws’ campaign director, has serious doubts about a survey released on Aug. 24 that showed a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana —… Read More→
Statewide poll shows referendum on recreational marijuana legalization in S.D. could fail in November August 24, 2022 AggregatedNews South Dakota 0 Comments A statewide poll conducted in late July shows that support for legalizing recreational marijuana for adult use in South Dakota has waned in the past two years and also appears to indicate that a referendum on legalization in November could… Read More→
South Dakota adds new standards for testing medical cannabis July 20, 2022 AggregatedNews South Dakota 0 Comments The South Dakota Legislative Rules Committee passed new rules Tuesday that adds regulations for testing medical cannabis. The rules would also clarify tracking system requirements, and with the latest legislative changes, according to the Department of Health. Several bills related… Read More→
South Dakota’s first recreational marijuana dispensary July 15, 2022 AggregatedNews South Dakota 0 Comments When people think of marijuana in South Dakota, one name looms large. Flandreau; or more specifically, Native Nations Cannabis in Flandreau, owned and operated by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. But they aren’t the only game in the market in… Read More→
Advocates for legalizing marijuana in South Dakota submit thousands of petition signatures May 4, 2022 AggregatedNews South Dakota 0 Comments Advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota have submitted thousands of petition signatures to the South Dakota Secretary of State’s office, enough to likely put them on the November general election ballot. South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML)… Read More→
Cannabis group scrambling to get legalization back on South Dakota ballot as deadline looms April 14, 2022 AggregatedNews South Dakota 0 Comments A group pushing to legalize marijuana in South Dakota at the ballot box still needs thousands of signatures as the deadline to file a petitions nears. South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws for months has been circulating petitions that would… Read More→