Kristi Noem

Ontario government has made changes to Ontario Regulation 468/18 under the Cannabis Licence Act of 2018, allowing cannabis retailers in the province to operate a maximum of 150 stores. In the meantime, South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML) recently had their circulator handout approved...

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem on Friday publicly endorsed former President Donald Trump‘s 2024 re-election bid during a rally. What Happened: Noem expressed her wholehearted support for Trump at the Monumental Leaders rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, The Hill reported. “He ...

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...

A bipartisan measure that would allow hemp products to contain up to 5% THC was vetoed down on Thursday by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, reported Valley News Live. House Bill 1209, sponsored by Rep. Oren L. Lesmeister and a dozen other lawmakers, sought to increase the amount of THC allowed in...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has vetoed House Bill 1193, which aimed to exclude digital assets, such as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), from the definition of "money" in the state's Uniform Commercial Code. The bill had previously passed in the state Senate and...

South Dakota regulator approved an important change in the state’s medical marijuana program. In a 5-1 vote on Tuesday, the panel approved the proposal to allow the state Department of Health to remove a requirement from how the department chooses how or if a medical condition...

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) who has opposed adult-use marijuana legalization for a while now, now says she'd allow the implementation of the law. During a recent meeting with around 20 constituents in Rapid City, Noem explained why she challenged the 2020...

While its northern neighbor is heading toward legalization of recreational cannabis with a measure now approved to appear on the November ballot, South Dakota is still gripped in a heated debate over the topic. House Minority Leader Jamie Smith, a Democratic...

In February the South Dakota Senate approved bills to legalize and tax marijuana as well as provide for expungement for low-level cannabis offenses. About a month later, Governor Kristi Noem used her veto to push the expungement legislation back to the Senate.  The...

South Dakota GOP Governor Signs Bill Preserving Patients’ Home Cannabis Cultivation Rights On Friday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signed legislation SB 24 into law, allowing registered patients to cultivate a total of four marijuana plants, NORML reported. Under the bill, the...

A bill to legalize marijuana has ended up on the South Dakota House floor just one day after a committee defeated it. The SB 3, passed last week by Senate in an 18-17 vote - was brought back for consideration by a coalition of 24 South Dakota House members on Tuesday, Marijuana Moment reported...

The South Dakota Senate green-lighted bills to legalize and tax marijuana as well as provide for expungements for low-level cannabis offenses, Marijuana Moment reported. Sponsored by Sen. Michael Rohl (R), lawmakers advanced SB 3 in an 18-17 vote, late Wednesday. The measure...

Finally, the decision on South Dakota’s voter-approved initiative legalizing recreational cannabis is here. Unfortunately,, the state’s Supreme Court decided to kill it. One of five states to vote on a cannabis initiative in the Nov. 2020 elections, South Dakota...

Colorado Governor Signs New Law With Stricter Rules For Doctors Recommending Medical Cannabis  Gov. Jared Polis has apparently decided to complicate things a bit for physicians who recommend medical cannabis to their patients. On Thursday, the governor signed HB 1317 into law, which ...

Kansas House Passes Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill, Sends It For A Floor Vote After many meetings held to review a plethora of amendments to a medical cannabis legalization bill, a Kansas House Committee passed the overall measure on Monday in a 13 to 8 vote, writes Marijuana Moment. After the...