A Republican-dominated panel of South Dakota lawmakers recommended several changes to the medical cannabis legalization measure that voters passed in 2020, including giving local governments the ability to ban MMJ companies entirely and eliminating home-cultivation rights.
According to the Rapid City Journal, a legislative subcommittee on Wednesday issued the recommendations, which must be approved by another committee before being voted on by the full Legislature.
That means the lawmakers’ recommendations are currently only symbolic, but they could be a preview of political battles to come over how the state implements its MMJ program, with Republicans likely looking to roll the measure back and Democrats presumably crying foul.
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