(Pierre, SD) The South Dakota Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to legalizing marijuana after voters approved it last fall. Roughly 54-percent of South Dakotans voted in favor of legalizing personal possession of cannabis for recreational use. Yesterday, attorneys for the state delivered their closing arguments against the legality of the measure. The defendants, South
Woman facing felony after her children allegedly access marijuana edibles
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RAPID CITY, South Dakota (Rapid City Journal) A Rapid City woman is facing a felony charge because her children were hospitalized after she allegedly left marijuana edibles in an area where they were able to access them, according to a news release from the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office responded to the incident on April 9 but the state’s attorney’s office didn’t charge the woman until Tuesday, court records show. The charges were announced Wednesday, the same day the South Dakota Supreme Court heard arguments about the lawsuit filed by Sheriff Kevin Thom and another law enforcement official against Amendment A, which legalized recreational marijuana.
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Sioux City police investigating a murder at a home near Glenn and South Mulberry Street in Morningside. A news release says when officer arrived for a check welfare call this morning, they found a man and woman dead from apparent gunshot wounds. Detectives believe they identified all of the parties involved and are not looking for any suspects in the case. A spokesperson was not able to confirm if the deaths were caused by murder-suicide.
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Authorities haven’t released more details on a farming accident in Woodbury County that killed an eight-year-old. The accident happened yesterday afternoon on a farm east of Climbing Hill.
Credit Photos courtesy of Robins Kaplan and Redstone Law. Graphic by Victoria Wicks.
On Nov. 3, 2020, South Dakota citizens voted to approve an amendment to the state constitution that legalizes all things cannabis. Voters also approved an initiated measure directing the state to establish a medical marijuana program.
After the election, the superintendent of the South Dakota Highway Patrol and the Pennington County Sheriff sued to challenge the constitutionality of Amendment A. They hold that it contains a multitude of subjects, rather than a single subject as required by a 2018 amendment initiated by the state legislature.
A Sixth Circuit judge agreed with the law officers and found Amendment A to be unconstitutional.
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The South Dakota Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of a voter-approved measure to legalize recreational marijuana. Plus, state health officials highlight the importance of getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
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