{"id":6857,"date":"2021-12-19T19:50:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T19:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6857"},"modified":"2021-12-19T19:50:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T19:50:21","slug":"south-dakotas-governor-succeeds-in-blocking-voter-approved-marijuana-legalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6857","title":{"rendered":"South Dakota’s Governor Succeeds in Blocking Voter-Approved Marijuana Legalization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“South Dakota voters made history last November by simultaneously approving<\/a> ballot initiatives aimed at legalizing recreational and medical use of marijuana. The success of the broader initiative, Amendment A<\/a>, was especially striking because it prevailed by an eight-point margin in a state that is mostly Republican and largely conservative. But thanks to a legal challenge<\/a> backed by Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, Amendment A was almost immediately tied up in litigation, and last Wednesday the South Dakota Supreme Court definitively overturned it<\/a>, ruling that the measure violated the “single subject” rule for constitutional amendments.”
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“State legislators proved more willing to set aside their personal views on marijuana in deference to the policy preferred by voters. “In my mind, [legalization is] inevitable because we’ve already seen the support from the public,” Senate Majority Leader Gary Cammack said<\/a> after Klinger’s decision. “I didn’t vote for recreational marijuana, but my constituents did,” added Greg Jamison, another Republican senator. “Rarely do we get a chance to enact a law and not for sure know what our constituents think of that. Here we know.”
In response to such comments from members of her own party, Noem threatened to veto<\/a> any legalization bill the legislature might decide to pass. Noem later suggested<\/a> she might be open to decriminalizing low-level marijuana possession. Possessing two ounces or less is currently a misdemeanor<\/a> punishable by up to a year in jail and a maximum $2,000 fine.”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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South Dakota’s Governor Succeeds in Blocking Voter-Approved Marijuana Legalization<\/a><\/blockquote>