Better Marijuana News Today

A cannabis reform group is challenging the Secretary of State for approving a ballot question petition they say violates the law.

Marijuana advocates are renewing the push to legalize recreational pot in South Dakota.

The updated list of conditions would be the largest change under SB 1, which passed with few votes to spare in both the House and the Senate.

South Dakota voters, in an election with far lower turnout than 2020, have flip flopped on the question of marijuana legalization. What does the future hold for cannabis efforts in the state though?

A group of mayors and law enforcement across the state are raising concerns about a ballot question to legalize marijuana possession.

South Dakota voters will decide whether to legalize the possession and use of marijuana for adults, again. But the ballot measure does not approve the sale of the plant.

South Dakotans for Better Marijuana laws made a stop in Huron on Monday to promote voter registration. The group is also promoting IM27 the recreational

“The worst part of the Amendment A case as the South Dakota Supreme Court took so long and deprived us of guidance as to how we should draft our 2022 initiative,” Schweich said. “I think that was a pathetically shameful act. It was an attack on the initiative process, that delay.”

Nearly $10 million has gone into ballot measures in Arkansas, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota since 2021.

Groups supporting cannabis legalization ballot measures in four states received over $9.8 million from the marijuana industry and advocates.