Medical Marijuana Program Connection

South Dakota Authorities File Lawsuit Against Voter-Approved Recreational Marijuana Amendment

MMP News AuthorNovember 23, 2020

US 23:38 GMT 23.11.2020Get short URL While the legalization of medical marijuana received widespread voter support in South Dakota’s November 3 election, voters were nearly split on a second, potentially unconstitutional referendum that included hemp-related legislation, the regulation of recreational weed and weed taxation. Col. Rick Miller, superintendent of the ... Read More

Results of South Dakota amendment to legalize marijuana for people over 21

MMP News AuthorNovember 3, 2020

South Dakota’s proposed Constitutional Amendment A would legalize the “possession, use, transport, and distribution of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia by people age 21 and older.” The amendment would set the limit of marijuana one can possess or distribute at a time to one ounce. Insider will have live results ... Read More

Florida Supreme Court to take unusual second look at 2016 medical marijuana amendment

MMP News AuthorOctober 3, 2020

click to enlarge In an unusual move, the Florida Supreme Court is poised to hold a second round of arguments in a high-stakes case about whether the state has properly carried out a 2016 constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana. Justices heard arguments in May in a ... Read More

Medical Marijuana Commission narrowly votes down additional dispensary license, eyes amendment to reciprocity law

MMP News AuthorOctober 1, 2020

The state Medical Marijuana Commission considered licensing a fifth dispensary in Zone 6 at its meeting Tuesday but decided against it in a 3-2 vote. Zone 6, which is made up of eight counties between Pulaski County and the Oklahoma border, has four dispensaries. The commission, which meets online due ... Read More