Team behind South Dakota s court-blocked recreational marijuana law in 2020 will try again
South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws have filed five initiated measures with the Legislative Research Council, including one measure to strip away the single-subject rule that a county judge invoked when blocking a voter-passed marijuana law. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | ×
Attorney Brendan Johnson, representing a group that brought a constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana to the ballot in November 2020, argues before the South Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, over the legal fate of that amendment, which 54% of voters approved but was struck down by a lower court. (Video screenshot)
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Greener pastures: How a South Dakota Native American tribe defied odds and re-started their cannabis industry
On Thursday, July 1, medical marijuana will be legal in South Dakota though state officials caution it ll be almost another year before the product can be legally purchased in a state-licensed dispensary. However, on the Flandreau Santee Sioux reservation, a tribally-owned dispensary is set to open up and attract early business. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | ×
Anthony Flute, a member of Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and employee for Native Nations Cannabis, demonstrates plant-trimming on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at the hydroponic facility in Flandreau, S.D. (Christopher Vondracek / Forum News Service).
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