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South Dakota Sees Increase in Medical Pot Cards

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota has seen a rapid rise in people registering to use medical marijuana in recent months, as many obtain their patient cards through temporary consultation sites rather than their regular medical providers, a state …

South Dakota State-Licensed Medical Marijuana Store Opens This Week

Patients enrolled in South Dakota’s medical marijuana program will have their first opportunity to buy cannabis from a state-licensed facility this week. It has been a year and a-half since state voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana. The co-owner of one …

South Dakota Gov. Signs Medical Pot Bills, Placing a Limit on Homegrown

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem last week signed five bills to make changes to the state’s medical marijuana laws, including putting a cap on the number of cannabis plants that medical marijuana patients can grow in their homes. The Republican …

South Dakota Rules for Medical Pot in Public Schools Approved

The South Dakota Department of Education succeeded on July 19 in its second attempt to get legislators to approve rules for allowing medical marijuana in public schools. The Board of Education struck language that would have made the rules apply …

South Dakota Voters Passed Medical Pot, but Docs Hesitant

Medical marijuana advocates have convinced South Dakota voters that legalizing the drug for medical use is a good idea, but they are struggling to do the same with many of the state’s physicians. A split between the state’s largest doctors’ …