South Dakotans will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana at the ballot box in November. The South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office announced on Monday that it has validated the initiated constitutional amendment, which will appear on the 2020 ballot as Constitutional Amendment A. The office deemed more than 36,000 petition signatures valid based on a random […]
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These 5 States Are Not Making It Easy To Legalize Marijuana
While many states are standing in the way of marijuana legalization, they usually aren’t outright sabotaging efforts to do so. Even politicians who don’t support cannabis end up implementing the new laws if the voters want it. But some states will go to extreme lengths to prevent the voters’ will from becoming law. Here are […]
Measure to Legalize Medical Marijuana Won’t Appear on Ballot in South Dakota
A ballot measure aimed at legalizing possession and use of small amounts of marijuana for medical use will not appear on the November ballot, Secretary of State Shantel Krebs said Friday. In a statement, Krebs said a challenge to the number of valid petition signatures submitted with the measure was unsuccessful and it didn’t have enough to […]
South Dakota Tribe Suspends Marijuana Operations, Want Federal Clarification
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is temporarily suspending its marijuana cultivation and distributing facilities and is destroying its existing crop as leaders seek clarification on regulations from the federal government, according to the tribe’s lawyer. Seth Pearman said the suspension is pivotal to the continued success of the marijuana venture and that tribal leadership is confident […]
Tribal Marijuana in South Dakota: Is it Really a Legal Minefield?
A South Dakota law that makes it a crime to possess marijuana in your body is generating legal questions ahead of the opening of a Flandreau marijuana lounge. State law says a person found to have traces of THC, the ingredient in marijuana that creates the sensation of being high, in his or her body even weeks after ingesting the […]
6 Things You Should Know About South Dakota’s Tribal Marijuana Legalization
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe’s decision to legalize marijuana ignited a statewide conversation about legislating marijuana use in South Dakota, which classifies it as an illegal drug. Phone calls to tribal officials were not returned, but legal documents outlining the new marijuana control ordinance were posted on the Flandreau Santee Sioux’s website. The tribe plans to […]
South Dakota Looking at 2016 Ballot Proposal For Medical Marijuana
A South Dakota medical marijuana supporter hopes to begin gathering signatures within a month to put a proposal on the 2016 ballot to allow people with serious medical conditions to use marijuana. Melissa Mentele, an activist from Emery, South Dakota, said Tuesday that the ballot language she’s been working on is now under review at […]
Marijuana in Wonderland: Making Sense of a Judge’s Anti-Cannabis Ruling
By Barry Gainsburg “When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ” — Lewis Carroll, from Through the Looking Glass Last week, the U.S. District Court in Northern California declined to declare the federal classification of marijuana […]
South Dakota Groups Pushing For Marijuana Ballot Measures
Marijuana advocates hope ballot measures can ease South Dakota’s restrictions on the drug. Organizations have submitted two proposals to the Legislative Research Council that could potentially wind up on the 2016 presidential election ballot. One would establish protections for medical marijuana. The other would ease some of the punishments for recreational users. “Decriminalization would ease […]
