Fred Deutsch

South Dakota’s House of Representatives approved a measure Thursday requiring the names of registered medical marijuana patients to be added to the state's prescription drug monitoring program. Senate Bill 42, introduced by the chair of the Health and Human Services Department is now heading...

A South Dakota lawmaker who has been clamping down on the state's 2021 medical cannabis law and has opposed loosening regulations on several occasions now has his own medical marijuana card. According to The Dakota Scout, state Rep. Fred Deutsch (R) plans to...

Two measures seeking to strike down South Dakota's 'pop-up clinics' for medicinal cannabis were killed this week by members of the state Senate committee, reported mykxlg. Even though both GOP-led HB 1172 and 1129 made their way through the House of Representatives earlier this month,...

South Dakota House passed a bill (House Bill 1053) Wednesday seeking to ban pregnant and breastfeeding women from accessing medical marijuana. The legislation, introduced by Representative Fred Deutsch (R) was approved in a 68 to 8 vote and is now heading to the Senate. The title of the...

Last month, South Dakota failed to pass a Senate bill that would have legalized the recreational use of cannabis.  If the bill had been approved, adults over 21 would have been allowed to buy and possess up to one ounce of cannabis from licensed retailers. While that was the...