{"id":52873,"date":"2021-01-14T16:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/south-dakota-governor-goes-the-extra-mile-to-block-voter-approved-weed-legalization\/"},"modified":"2021-01-14T16:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:30:21","slug":"south-dakota-governor-goes-the-extra-mile-to-block-voter-approved-weed-legalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/south-dakota-governor-goes-the-extra-mile-to-block-voter-approved-weed-legalization\/","title":{"rendered":"South Dakota Governor Goes the Extra Mile to Block Voter-Approved Weed Legalization"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last November, South Dakota became the first US state to simultaneously legalize medical and adult-use cannabis<\/u><\/a> at the same time by way of a voter-approved ballot initiative. But rather than allowing the Mount Rushmore state to take its rightful place in history, Governor Kristi Noem is working to help local cops overturn the will of the state’s voters. <\/p>\n

On Election Day, 54 percent of voters approved Amendment A<\/u><\/a>, an initiative that legalizes cannabis through an amendment to the state constitution. Shortly after this amendment was approved, state Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Rick Miller and Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom filed a legal challenge<\/u><\/a> arguing that it violated state rules against amending more than one subject at a time.<\/p>\n

Amendment A legalizes cannabis possession, home-grows, and personal use for adults over 21-years-old; sets up a framework for taxed and regulated retail sales; ensures access to medical marijuana; and requires the state to pass industrial hemp regulations. The legal challenge argues that this amendment violates the state’s single-subject law by trying to change too many things at once. <\/p>\n