Out-of-Staters Bring Anti-Pot Warnings to Medical Oversight Committee

Out-of-Staters Bring Anti-Pot Warnings to Medical Oversight Committee

Someone arranged for four out-of-state witnesses to spend three hours yesterday telling the Legislature’s interim committee on medical marijuana how bad medical marijuana is. Pot advocate Emmett Reistroffer smells conspiracy: Reistroffer also said he fears the committee is involved in a coordinated effort to restrict or repeal the state’s medical marijuana program, which voters approved in 2020 and the state implemented in 2022. There are curren…

Oversight committee testimony sends ‘shock wave’ through SD medical marijuana industry

Marijuana meant for South Dakota's medical program is tagged as it dries at a Dakota Herb grow facility near Tea, South Dakota, in 2024. (Photo by John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)Representatives of South Dakota medical marijuana businesses said they were alarmed Wednesday after a state committee that oversees the industry spent much of an all-day meeting listening to invited speakers who warned about health risks and other dangers. Emmett Rei…