Welfare Drug Test Bills Fail in South Dakota, Virginia
The push to mandate drug testing for recipients of public benefits is sweeping statehouses across the country this year, but in two states, those efforts hit a roadblock this week. In South Dakota and...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Lawmakers Looking at Medical Marijuana Defense Bill
RAPID CITY, SD — Two lawmakers, including a former police chief, are looking for support for a bill that would allow a medical marijuana defense for anyone arrested for possession of up to two ounces....
View ArticleSouth Dakota Medical Marijuana Defense Bill Introduced
PIERRE, SD — A group of bi-partisan lawmakers, including a former police chief, introduced a bill Monday that would allow a medical marijuana defense for anyone arrested for possession of up to two...
View ArticleSD: Committee Delays Vote on Medical Marijuana Defense Bill
PIERRE, SD — A pair of South Dakota lawmakers with law enforcement backgrounds testified Thursday on behalf of their bill that would allow a medical necessity defense to those charged with possession...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Medical Marijuana Defense Bill Dies in Committee
PIERRE, SD — A bill that would have allowed South Dakotans charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession to mount a medical necessity defense was defeated Tuesday in the state legislature. The bill...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Marijuana Penalty Reduction Measure Defeated
PIERRE, SD — A proposal that would have reclassified possession of up to two ounces of marijuana in South Dakota from a Class 1 to a Class 2 misdemeanor was defeated by a Senate panel Tuesday. Senate...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Bill to Reduce Marijuana Penalties Killed
PIERRE, SD — A bill that would have lowered the maximum penalty for possession of two ounces of marijuana or less was killed Tuesday in a Senate committee. It died on a 5-2 vote in the Senate Judiciary...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Marijuana Advocate Proposes Banning Alcohol & Tobacco
PIERRE, SD — A marijuana legalization activist from South Dakota has filed paperwork for two ballot initiatives to ban alcohol and tobacco to make state policies “consistent” with marijuana penalties....
View ArticleSouth Dakota Voters Could Decriminalize Marijuana Possession in 2016
PIERRE, SD — Supporters of a proposal to decriminalize up the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana in South Dakota can soon begin collecting signatures in an attempt to place the issue before...
View ArticleWho Are the Next States Likely to Legalize Medical Marijuana?
Currently 40 states have at least some type of legal protection for medical use of marijuana. 23 States, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia have passed comprehensive medical marijuana...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Sioux Tribe Suspends Marijuana Plans, Burns Crop
FLANDREAU, SD — The Santee Sioux Tribe’s plans to open a marijuana-smoking lounge and growing facility by the end of the year have been put on hold indefinitely, the tribe said this past weekend. The...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Law Can Get You Busted for Smoking Pot in Another State
South Dakota’s Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe announced over the weekend that it was suspending operations on its marijuana resort set to open on New Year’s Eve and that it had burned its pot crop. The...
View ArticleSouth Dakota House Kills Limited Medical Marijuana Bill
South Dakota House Kills Limited Medical Marijuana Bill PIERRE, SD — A bill that would have allowed patients suffering from intractable epilepsy to use some forms of medical marijuana rich in...
View ArticleSouth Dakota: Judge Rejects Appeal, Medical Marijuana Won’t be on November...
South Dakota: Judge Rejects Appeal, Medical Marijuana Won’t be on November Ballot | TJ Baker PIERRE, SD — Voters in South Dakota will not have the opportunity to vote on the issue of legalizing medical...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Could End Felony Charge for Marijuana Possession by Ingestion
South Dakota Could End Felony Charge for Marijuana Possession by Ingestion | TJ Baker PIERRE, SD — A broad group of bi-partisan lawmakers in South Dakota have signed on to co-sponsor a bill that would...
View ArticleSouth Dakota: Jury Acquits Tribal Marijuana Consultant on All Charges
South Dakota: Jury Acquits Tribal Marijuana Consultant on All Charges | TJ Baker FLANDREAU, SD — A marijuana consultant from a Colorado-based firm has been found not guilty of drug-related charges...
View ArticleSD Attorney General Foiled in Bid to Prosecute Tribal Marijuana Consultant
SD Attorney General Foiled in Bid to Prosecute Tribal Marijuana Consultant | Phillip Smith South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley (R) thought he had the perfect case to help burnish his...
View ArticleDrug War Torture: South Dakota Forcibly Catheterizes Three-Year Old
Drug War Torture: South Dakota Forcibly Catheterizes Three-Year Old | Phillip Smith The state of South Dakota is practicing a form of drug war excess tantamount to torture, according to a pair of...
View ArticleTime Running Out on South Dakota’s 2018 Marijuana Signature Drives
Time Running Out on South Dakota’s 2018 Marijuana Signature Drives | TJ Baker Advocates hoping to place marijuana initiatives on the 2018 ballot in South Dakota have less than 90 days to collect the...
View ArticleOklahoma: Lawmakers Move Forward to Preemptively Quash Medical Marijuana Vote
Oklahoma: Lawmakers Move Forward to Preemptively Quash Medical Marijuana Vote | Paul Armentano OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — Oklahoma state Senate lawmakers this week passed legislation, Senate Bill 1120, that...
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