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Florida Rejects Adult-Use; Measure 3 Fails to Reach 60%; Other States Report

November 6, 2024
Tom Hymes
Florida, Nebraska, News & Insights, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas
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In addition to the presidential race and all the down ballot state races that were decided Tuesday, voters in Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas also made their voices heard on state and local marijuana-related ballot measures. As…

Cannabis on the Ballot, November 4: Florida, Nebraska, the Dakotas

October 29, 2024
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Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota, Policy & Legal, South Dakota
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By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner Harris Sliwoski Election Day is next Monday, November 4. I have plenty of thoughts! Today I’ll stay in my lane, though, and focus on the cannabis state ballot measures. The voting states this time around…

South Dakota medical marijuana businesses are facing a $3,690 fee increase

Medical marijuana businesses in South Dakota will soon face a nearly 70% increase in their annual state registration fees, rising from $5,310 to $9,000. “For a business-friendly state, this is not a business-friendly approach,” said Deb Peters, president of the…

3rd try at approving recreational marijuana in South Dakota makes the ballot

South Dakota voters will decide again whether to legalize recreational marijuana, an issue with a frustrating history for backers of the ballot initiative in the conservative state. On Monday, Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s office validated a measure for the…

Recreational marijuana backers try to overcome rocky history in South Dakota

Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota, a mission with a rocky history, submitted thousands of signatures to election officials on Tuesday in the hopes of once again getting the issue on the conservative state’s November ballot. Supporters of…

Voters in South Dakota try for a third time to approve recreational marijuana

On Saturday, March 23, South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML) organized a statewide "Petition Sign & Drive" event to gather support for a proposed 2024 cannabis legalization ballot measure. The initiative aims to collect 17,508 signatures by May 7…

South Dakota has issued 11,437 marijuana cards

South Dakota’s medical-cannabis program that voters established in 2020 has proven more popular than expected, but its future is financially uncertain, according to its administrator. Jennifer Seale made those points Monday to the Legislature’s Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee. Seale said the original projection…

Looking back at marijuana in South Dakota

It’s been 895 days since the vote was taken to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana in South Dakota. That vote passed, but of course, we know what came next. A legal challenge to the vote was taken to court,…

Recreational marijuana is illegal in South Dakota, but its high-inducing cousins are widespread

Recreational marijuana is illegal in South Dakota – voters confirmed as much in November – but the next best thing is available from border to border. The 2018 Farm Bill legalized the cultivation of hemp. By extension, it legalized two…

South Dakota Senate committee passes bill that would allow for wider use of medical cannabis

South Dakota State Senators want to make medical marijuana more accessible to those suffering from “debilitating medical conditions.” The Senate’s Health and Human Services committee voted 6 to 1 Wednesday morning to advance SB 1, which would “modify (the) debilitating medical conditions…

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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)…

South Dakota voters appear to reject recreational marijuana

Voters in South Dakota appeared to reject Initiated Measure 27, a bill that would’ve legalized the possession, use and distribution of recreational marijuana by people 21 years or older. With 75% of precincts counted, 54% of voters rejected recreational marijuana.…

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…

SD legislators change a key rule on medical marijuana

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A state lawmaker doesn’t want South Dakota’s medical marijuana program changing how it determines risks and benefits. But the Legislature’s Rules Review Committee has let the changes go ahead. The panel voted 5-1 Tuesday to let…

Voters in some of the most conservative states to weigh in on recreational pot

November 1, 2022
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Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota
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Voters in five states, including four that are among the most conservative in the country, are deciding on whether to legalize recreational marijuana this election. If passed in each state, Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota would join…

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