Medical Marijuana

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.

The state has approved four medical marijuana dispensaries with more than a dozen applications pending.People are starting up medical cannabis businesses, even while the state Legislature considers dozens of bills designed to tweak industry regulations.

Senate lawmakers are passing a bill that allows medical marijuana patients to grow up to six plants.The bill now heads to the House, where lawmakers there already passed a ban on home grow.

Cities and counties across the state are receiving permit applications for medical marijuana dispensaries.The state’s medical marijuana industry is gearing up for business and some patients have already received their medical cards. But it could be months before they’re able to purchase cannabis.

South Dakota issued its first medical marijuana cards Thursday, according to the state Department of Health.

The deadline is drawing near to apply for a license to operate a medical cannabis dispensary or testing facility within Sioux Falls city limits. Stacy Kooistra is the city attorney and he joins us with more details.

An interim rules committee okayed the last remaining regulations in the medical cannabis program this week.

In less than a month the state Department of Heath will start issuing medical marijuana cards.But members of a legislative subcommittee are looking for ways to scrap the entire voter-approved medical marijuana program for adults.

The city has five medical dispensary licenses to give out, and applicants must submit to a lottery.

Lawmakers have accepted the majority of the health department’s proposed regulations for the state’s medical-marijuana program. However, the Rules Review Committee rejected six of the proposals directing the department to make further revisions.