South Dakota Attorney General Files Summary Of Ballot Initiative To Repeal State’s Medical Marijuana Law
The explanation is open for public comment through August 6th
As advocates work to once again put marijuana legalization on South Dakota’s ballot, a Republican activist has filed a pair of initiatives to repeal the state’s medical cannabis law and keep federally banned substances from ever being legalized by voters.
The state attorney general released the draft ballot explanation for the medical marijuana repeal measure on Friday, opening a public comment period. The second initiative from Travis Ismay, which contains a typo on the proposed title (using the word “band” instead of “banned”), will likely need to be revised and resubmitted, as the Legislative Research Council (LRC) identified a number of potential issues with its language.
For Ismay’s medical marijuana repeal proposal, Attorney General Marty Jackley (R) is not taking a position, but his office is statutorily obligated to provide a neutral explanation. The initiative would “make all possession, use, cultivation, sale, manufacture, sale of marijuana, and marijuana products a crime.”
“This initiated measure does not affect laws dealing with hemp,” the explanation, which is open for public comment through August 6, says. “Marijuana remains illegal under Federal law.”
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