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Recreational weed proponent casts doubt on poll showing reverse in fortune for ballot measure legalizing marijuana in South Dakota

Sure, he’s seen the poll, but he’s not sweating it. Matt Schweich, South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws’ campaign director, has serious doubts about a survey released on Aug. 24 that showed a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana —…

Statewide poll shows referendum on recreational marijuana legalization in S.D. could fail in November

A statewide poll conducted in late July shows that support for legalizing recreational marijuana for adult use in South Dakota has waned in the past two years and also appears to indicate that a referendum on legalization in November could…

South Dakota adds new standards for testing medical cannabis

The South Dakota Legislative Rules Committee passed new rules Tuesday that adds regulations for testing medical cannabis. The rules would also clarify tracking system requirements, and with the latest legislative changes, according to the Department of Health. Several bills related…

South Dakota’s first recreational marijuana dispensary

When people think of marijuana in South Dakota, one name looms large. Flandreau; or more specifically, Native Nations Cannabis in Flandreau, owned and operated by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. But they aren’t the only game in the market in…

Advocates for legalizing marijuana in South Dakota submit thousands of petition signatures

Advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota have submitted thousands of petition signatures to the South Dakota Secretary of State’s office, enough to likely put them on the November general election ballot. South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML)…

Cannabis group scrambling to get legalization back on South Dakota ballot as deadline looms

A group pushing to legalize marijuana in South Dakota at the ballot box still needs thousands of signatures as the deadline to file a petitions nears. South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws for months has been circulating petitions that would…

Expect recreational marijuana back on ballot in South Dakota

In the 2022 South Dakota legislative session, lawmakers introduced 47 bills dealing with the legalization, regulation, and taxation of marijuana. On Wednesday cannabis groups released their report card on individual lawmakers and how they voted on marijuana issues. The report…

Only 90 South Dakota doctors approved to prescribe medical marijuana

Though medical marijuana has officially been legal in South Dakota since July 1, 2021, access through the state program may be a challenge. As of March 29, 2022, the Department of Health (DOH) reports that only 90 South Dakota doctors…

South Dakota lawmakers fail to override Noem’s 3 vetoes

The South Dakota Legislature failed to override three vetoes from Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday, killing multiple proposals. The three bills on Monday all failed to garner the two-thirds majority necessary to override a veto, sending defeats to legislation that…

Medical marijuana law changing after Gov. Kristi Noem signs cannabis bills into law

South Dakota's new medical marijuana law is changing less than a year after it went on the books. Gov. Kristi Noem announced Friday she'd signed a series of cannabis-related measures passed earlier this winter by the state Legislature that modify…

South Dakota lawmakers say no to cannabis legalization, yes to some repeals of medical marijuana law

Anti-cannabis lawmakers at the state Capitol have thwarted momentum building toward legal marijuana in South Dakota. And the same committee in the South Dakota Legislature that killed a proposal to legalize recreational pot use for adults Monday also advanced a…

South Dakota Senate passes bill to legalize recreational pot by single vote, moves to House

The South Dakota Senate on Wednesday passed a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, as Republicans reasoned they should jump ahead of a campaign to legalize it on the November ballot. The bill passed by a single vote in the Republican-controlled Senate,…

Recreational weed proponent casts doubt on poll showing reverse in fortune for ballot measure legalizing marijuana in South Dakota

Statewide poll shows referendum on recreational marijuana legalization in S.D. could fail in November

South Dakota adds new standards for testing medical cannabis

South Dakota’s first recreational marijuana dispensary

Advocates for legalizing marijuana in South Dakota submit thousands of petition signatures

Cannabis group scrambling to get legalization back on South Dakota ballot as deadline looms

Expect recreational marijuana back on ballot in South Dakota

Only 90 South Dakota doctors approved to prescribe medical marijuana

South Dakota lawmakers fail to override Noem’s 3 vetoes

Medical marijuana law changing after Gov. Kristi Noem signs cannabis bills into law

South Dakota lawmakers say no to cannabis legalization, yes to some repeals of medical marijuana law

South Dakota Senate passes bill to legalize recreational pot by single vote, moves to House

South Dakota State lawmakers pass recreational marijuana tax bill

South Dakota Senate Health thwarts attempt to ban ‘homegrow’ for medical marijuana

South Dakota sees freight train of marijuana-related bills ahead of 2022 legislative session

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