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South Dakota has issued 11,437 marijuana cards

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…

The push for legal weed faces hostile ground in red states

Weed legalization advocates are running out of friendly territory. The movement has swept the country over the last decade: Nearly half of Americans now live in a state where anyone at least 21 years old can legally possess and purchase…

Looking back at marijuana in South Dakota

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,…

Recreational marijuana is illegal in South Dakota, but its high-inducing cousins are widespread

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…

South Dakota Senate committee passes bill that would allow for wider use of medical cannabis

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…

South Dakota voters appear to reject recreational marijuana

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.…

Voters in some of the most conservative states to weigh in on recreational pot

November 1, 2022
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Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota
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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…

Heated discussion on legalizing marijuana in South Dakota

Once again, South Dakota voters will determine the issue of legalizing marijuana in the state. Initiated Measure 27 would legalize marijuana in small amounts for people age 21 and older. On this week’s Inside KELOLAND, representatives in favor of IM…

Recreational weed proponent casts doubt on poll showing reverse in fortune for ballot measure legalizing marijuana in South Dakota

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 —…

Statewide poll shows referendum on recreational marijuana legalization in S.D. could fail in November

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…

South Dakota adds new standards for testing medical cannabis

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…

South Dakota’s first recreational marijuana dispensary

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…

Advocates for legalizing marijuana in South Dakota submit thousands of petition signatures

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)…

Cannabis group scrambling to get legalization back on South Dakota ballot as deadline looms

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…

Expect recreational marijuana back on ballot in South Dakota

In the 2022 South Dakota legislative session, lawmakers introduced 47 bills dealing with the legalization, regulation, and taxation of marijuana. On Wednesday cannabis groups released their report card on individual lawmakers and how they voted on marijuana issues. The report…