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After election, marijuana advocates look to next states

Law-abiding marijuana enthusiasts could find themselves in a bit of a predicament following voter approval of a recreational cannabis initiative in Missouri. Though it soon will become legal for adults to possess and ingest cannabis, it could take a couple…

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How legal marijuana failed in South Dakota

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)…

Voters approve recreational marijuana in Maryland, Missouri

November 9, 2022
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Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, Policy & Legal, South Dakota
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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…

South Dakota lawmakers fail to override Noem’s 3 vetoes

The South Dakota Legislature failed to override three vetoes from Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday, killing multiple proposals. The three bills on Monday all failed to garner the two-thirds majority necessary to override a veto, sending defeats to legislation that…

Medical marijuana law changing after Gov. Kristi Noem signs cannabis bills into law

South Dakota's new medical marijuana law is changing less than a year after it went on the books. Gov. Kristi Noem announced Friday she'd signed a series of cannabis-related measures passed earlier this winter by the state Legislature that modify…

Cannabis Is the Latest Battlefield in the Republican War on Democracy

Conservative lawmakers are asking the courts to block the will of the people on pro-legalization ballot initiatives Ken Newburger felt like he’d been blindsided. He knew a legal challenge had been mounted against the medical cannabis ballot initiative he’d worked…

Top 5 Steps to Take Before Obtaining a Cannabis License in a Newly Legal State

By Henry Baskerville In November 2020, voters in five states passed legislation allowing some form of marijuana sales, joining the rising tide of cannabis legalization sweeping the nation. However, because cannabis is still classified as a Schedule 1 drug under…

1 in 3 Americans now lives in a state where recreational marijuana is legal

November 4, 2020
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Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota
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New Jersey, Arizona and Montana passed measures to legalize adult-use marijuana. South Dakota became the first state to authorize both medical and recreational sales at the same time. Some 16 million Americans were added to the list of places that…

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…

South Dakota Considering Bill That Would Legalize Industrial Hemp

February 2, 2016
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Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal
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Some South Dakota lawmakers are attempting to overcome perceptions about hemp's family ties to marijuana to explore the economic potential of the crop with a bill patterned after North Dakota's industrial hemp law. Cultivation of the plant could be a…

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…

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…

South Dakota Tribe Now Growing Marijuana For New Cannabis Resort

The marijuana plants are already growing in a remodeled building on the Flandreau Santee Sioux reservation as the southeast South Dakota tribe shoots for a New Year’s Eve opening for its first-of-its-kind resort. The state-of-the-art marijuana growing operation with its…

South Dakota Sioux Planning to Open Nation’s First Marijuana Resort

FLANDREAU, S.D. — The Santee Sioux tribe has already proven its business acumen, running a successful casino, a 120-room hotel and a 240-head buffalo ranch on the plains of South Dakota. But those enterprises have not been immune to competition…

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…

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