Marijuana | Cannabis

Business is open for the first West River, state-licensed medical marijuana dispensary sales.

A poll in July showed that support for the legalization of recreational marijuana for adults in the state has decreased. We break down the data with South Dakota Newswatch's Bart Pfankuch.

Meade County voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to increase the number of medical cannabis licenses. The vote comes on the heels of a new poll that shows majority support against a recreational marijuana ballot question.

Meade County residents vote on whether to increase the number of cannabis licenses Tuesday. The county currently allows for one medical dispensary license.

As South Dakota's young medical marijuana industry begins delivering product, many physicians are hesitant to help patients obtain cannabis, and so are major health systems.

South Dakota’s first state-licensed medical marijuana dispensary is open for business.

A pro-marijuana group says it's submitting enough signatures to place a question on the ballot legalizing recreational marijuana sales.South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws says it collected over 19,000 signatures from registered voters.

The organization leading the effort to get recreational marijuana on the ballot — again, after the measure was overturned by the state Supreme Court — is sounding the alarm.

Gov. Kristi Noem is signing dozens of bills that revise the state’s medical marijuana laws.The lion’s share of those bills come from a marijuana task force which met last year to review the 2020 voter-approved law.

A House panel is defeating a bill that would establish a recreational marijuana program.South Dakota residents voted to legalize a recreational marijuana program in 2020. The ballot question was rejected in the courts.