Jim Mehlhaff

South Dakota Senate advanced a GOP-sponsored cannabis bill that would require parolees and probationers to get additional documents from doctors to become medical marijuana patients. The measure was approved Tuesday in a 29-4 vote and is now heading to a House committee. The news comes after...

The South Dakota Senate Health and Human Services Committee rejected two marijuana bills previously approved by the House.  The committee killed the controversial House Bill 1036 on Wednesday that would have forced dispensaries to notify medical marijuana patients about federal restrictions on gun...

CRS’ Report Warns High Federal Cannabis Taxes Could Hinder Industry’s Economic Potential Congressional Research Service (CRS) recently released a report suggesting that federal lawmakers should be careful about imposing high federal taxes on cannabis products in case of...