2:21 Two groups that want to regulate adult-use marijuana continue to wait for the South Dakota Supreme Court to rule on the law that legalizes recreational pot.
That law was supposed to go into effect on July first but has been held up in the courts since late last year.
A legislative subcommittee focused on writing recreational marijuana legislation has cancelled its upcoming meeting in early August.
Republican Hugh Bartels is the chair of the subcommittee. He says the group could go down two different paths depending on the court ruling.
“I think we need to move forward on it so that marijuana becomes a safe product for our residents,” Bartels says. “I think that’s the key to it. They’ve spoken that they really want recreational, or adult-use, marijuana in an election. So, we need to make sure we can make it as safe as possible for them. Getting it out of the black market is really the way to do that. So, we need to clean up our code and provide a safe mechanism to get it to the public.”