The Legislature’s Executive Board implemented Senate Bill 134 last week, overhauling the membership of the Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee. Previously state law specified the following…
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Anti-pot Representative Fred Deutsch’s (R-4/Florence) House Bill 1053, to prohibit pregnant women and breastfeeding moms from getting medical marijuana, bounced happily through House Health and…
As a New Year’s present, the Legislative Research Council posted a measly three pre-filed bills on 2023 Session Bills page. I was starting to worry…
Intrepid petition organizer and cannabis-liberty advocate announces a successful petition drive and an August 30 vote on a freer market for medical marijuana in Meade…
The next time you hear some gringo in South Dakota refer to “Indian time,” don’t get all woke-het-up on ‘em; just point out that it…
Uh oh—Indians making money: Ten months after opening Native Nations Cannabis, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is expanding its medical marijuana operations with two new…
This guest column comes from longtime marijuana-reform advocate Bob Newland of Hot Springs. With a record of having sponsored and managed seven failed statewide cannabis-related…
Meade County Sheriff Ron Merwin is running for reëlection in the June primary. He faces only one challenger, DCI agent Pat West. Both are Republicans,…
Marijuana is the subject of 49 bills in the Legislative hopper. That’s 8.9% of the 551 bills submitted for the 2022 Session. For comparison, agriculture,…
Among the numerous restrictions legislators are proposing to whittle away at Initiated Measure 26, the medical marijuana measure that South Dakota voters passed in 2020,…