Legalized recreational weed in South Dakota gets election redo this November

Source: ABC News

Legalized recreational weed in South Dakota gets election redo this November

South Dakota is one of five states with marijuana-related ballot measures.

ByIvan Pereira
October 25, 2022, 5:05 AM

Two years ago, a majority of voters in South Dakota passed a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana.

However, a lawsuit last year prevented the Mount Rushmore state from joining the nearly 19 other states in the country that have regulated cannabis sales for their adults.

Proponents of the 2020 measure are taking it back to the polls this November with a new ballot measure, one that they hope will show naysayers that the general public wants change.

"The fact that a law that was approved by 54% was repealed by a lawsuit is something the people have not ignored," Matthew Schweich, the deputy director of the advocacy group the Marijuana Policy Project, who has been spearheading the efforts of the 2022 ballot, told ABC News.

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