The South Dakota Family Coalition for Compassion failed to find a legislative champion for its proposal to legalize medical cannabis. Melissa Mentele of SDFCC says her group is fine tuning the bill they drafted to circulate as an initiated measure.…
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South Dakota Family Coalition for Compassion has released its draft legislation to legalize medical marijuana in South Dakota. SDFCC's Melissa Mentele tells me her group is still seeking a legislative sponsor to throw this bill's 26 pages and 23 sections…
Ryan Gaddy of South Dakotans Against Prohibition tells us that legislation promoting medical marijuana will be available for anyone who wants to take it to Pierre. Gaddy apparently has found allies among the Sioux Falls Free Thinkers, who are bankrolling…
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland forges common ground with Independent gubernatorial candidate Mike Myers, telling cannabis advocate Ryan Gaddy that he supports legalizing marijuana for medical use: Gaddy posts this video in the comment section on Weiland's dogged opposition…
Rep. Kristi Noem voted against an appropriations amendment in a midnight session today. Her Republican colleague from California, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, brought an amendment to prohibit the Drug Enforcement Agency from raiding medical marijuana operations in states that have legalized…
Florida's Republican Governor-Elect Rick Scott is cutting jobs in the Office of Drug Control created by former Governor Jeb Bush. South Dakota's Republican Governor-Elect Dennis Daugaard inherits from his predecessor a proposal to cut meth treatment programs. I'll invite Mr.…