Cannabis A Native American Tribe is Expanding Medical Marijuana Cultivation in this State by Sophia Vida May 16, 2022 Due to high demand, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is building two new cultivation facilities to support its medical marijuana dispensary in South Dakota. The Flandreau, South Dakota-based dispensary, called Native Nations Ca...
Marijuana This is How Many Doctors in South Dakota Have Been Approved to ‘Validate’ Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida April 01, 2022 South Dakota began its medical marijuana industry in July of last year, but access to the state program may have been challenging for residents since then. Instead of using the words "prescribe," or "recommend," doctors are usi...
Legal Related South Dakota Governor Blocks Automatic Removal of Old Marijuana Charges from Background Checks by Sophia Vida March 28, 2022 Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota has vetoed Senate Bill 151, which would have automatically removed simple marijuana charges and convictions from public background records if a violation happened more than five years ago. O...
Marijuana Tech Firm Out of California to Help Manage Medical Cannabis Licensing in South Dakota by Sophia Vida December 07, 2021 Accela, a California-based technology company, has announced that it has been selected to help manage South Dakota's medical cannabis program. The company's marijuana regulation software will be used to help South Dakota proces...
Legal Related South Dakota Supreme Court Rules Against Recreational Marijuana Legislation by Sophia Vida November 25, 2021 This week South Dakota's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling that nullified a voter-passed amendment to the state constitution that would have legalized recreational marijuana use. The decision comes after Governor ...
Legal Related Lawmakers Want Big Changes to South Dakota’s Medical Cannabis Laws by Sophia Vida October 28, 2021 A panel of South Dakota lawmakers debated ways this week to potentially change key parts of the state's new medical-cannabis program. The debates come just a year after 70% of South Dakota voters said yes to Initiated Measure 2...
Legal Related Amendment Legalizing Recreational Marijuana in South Dakota is Rejected by Sophia Vida February 09, 2021 Marijuana advocates were shocked on Monday to learn that a South Dakota judge had struck down a voter approved constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Rick Mil...
Legal Related South Dakota Governor Condemns the Voters’ Decision to Legalize Marijuana by Sophia Vida December 11, 2020 South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) is again slamming the state's voters for voting to legalize marijuana for medicinal and recreational purposes. This week during her annual budget address, she wanted to “call out one budg...
Legal Related South Dakota Police Are Suing to Overturn Voter-Passed Marijuana Measure by Sophia Vida November 24, 2020 Earlier this month voters in South Dakota voted in favor of passing a measure called Amendment A that legalizes marijuana in the state. The measure won with just over 54 percent of the vote on Election Day. It seems police in S...
Legal Related Supporters of Marijuana Legalization in South Dakota Turned in Petitions by Sophia Vida November 06, 2019 South Dakota voters could be seeing medical marijuana on their 2020 ballot as there is a petition to get the plant on it. "There's enough momentum behind it, I think that there's enough people that are realizing that cannabis i...