The groups pointed to a number of major successes during the 2022 legislative session. Cannabis reform advocates defeated bills that would have: repealed the affirmative defense for medical cannabis patients; repealed home cultivation by cannabis patients; outlawed medical cannabis edibles; and enabled local governments to completely ban all medical cannabis businesses.
Advocates also pointed to the passage of SB 26 as an important victory. This legislation will improve access to medical cannabis cards by allowing physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses (in addition to doctors) to write medical cannabis recommendations for qualifying patients.
“This Scorecard is not intended to simply award our allies and punish our opponents,” said Schweich. “It’s an honest and qualitative analysis of this legislative session. Most voters do not have hours to spare to search through the South Dakota Legislature’s website and track down each floor and committee vote and determine how their State Senator and State Representatives approached cannabis. So we did that work for the public with this Scorecard.”
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