Update 2: July 26 11:11 pm I have decided to give the department one full business week to respond to the second email sent in update 1 below. I will email them and update for update 3 if there is no response by end of July/this Friday. Then I will simply request confirmation of prior email inquiry. Enjoy the swelteringly hot week out there. Drink water. Don’t overdo sports drinks. If wearing work boots, bring changes of fresh socks. If working outdoors, cannabis products lower body temperatures. And help with muscle recovery. Especially cbg cannabinoid products by countering muscle inflammation. Do not use if weightlifting; can reduce muscle growth somehow, not sure why precisely because I don’t care but weightlifter friends have cautioned against that so. Reminder AC saves lives, which the European mind could not comprehend before FIFA 2026 happened. Stay cool.
Original article posted July 20:
WeedPress has blogged 1500 articles over seventeen years of legal research to navigate this Wild West terrain. Stay tuned for follow-ups. If the Department elects not to exercise their discretion and provide guidance, legal options up to and including lawsuits will be reviewed by counsel.
The purpose here with the Department is to uphold law and order and protect public health and safety. I said years ago I would be recommending the department be engaged in federal discussions and now I am taking steps to ensure they are able to do so timely and with one of the best expert analysts on the federal law issue in the country to help shortcut concerns and solutions that other agencies are behind on in states with less produced archives of expert legal analysis even the top lawyers in the marijuana movement have used since 2011.
WeedPress hereby publicly announces and respectfully writes the South Dakota Department of Health to request expert insights regarding the impacts of cannabis scheduling on medicinal access, patient care, research, and public health in our state. Evidence-based policy guided by science and compassion serves the people of South Dakota. Expedited public discussions to prevent litigation risk exposure is advised.
Alabama’s state health officer, Scott Harris, shared recently:
“In light of Alabama’s substantial work to establish its own framework for the dispensing of medical marijuana, additional time is needed to evaluate whether the federal rescheduling will alter that framework as outlined by the Legislature,” Harris’s notice says. “A public hearing on this matter will provide [the Alabama Department of Public Health] the opportunity to hear from the citizens of Alabama as well as stakeholders regarding this decision.”
Stakeholders AND citizens. What a concept!
South Dakota’s expert DOH agents should offer assistance in determining what Alabama is exploring: what, if any, changes to South Dakota’s medical cannabis framework/architecture will be made as a result of federal rescheduling and federal recognition marijuana is medicine as a matter of law. (Not science, law, which is a stronger argument than scientific opinion in a court of review for lawsuits). That’s a very important strategic point for anyone litigating moving forward and can be explained more and will be as the timing arises for its needed explainer, which is soon.
Here’s my email:
Update 1: sent a new fresh email July 24 at 11 pm. The first email above was sent as a reply to a prior email chain and sent four days prior, July 20.
mailto:MCQuestions@state.sd.us
mailto:whitney.brunner@state.sd.us (medical cannabis program administrator)
Mail to:DOH.INFO@state.sd.us
Subject: Inquiry: Department of Health Plans to Address Cannabis Scheduling Consistency with Federal Law
Hello,
Does the Department have any plans to:
• Review cannabis scheduling in light of federal changes,
• Hold hearings, or
• Take any administrative action on the issue,
Alabama is now doing so:
I’ve also attached a file provided to me a few years back documenting each state controlled substances act and procedures to amend therein. While not updated, this proves the basis for the following analysis:
And, here is South Carolina automatically rescheduling to be in compliance with updated federal laws:
Any expertise, insights, feedback or guidance the Department opts to provide is greatly appreciated.
Thank you sincerely for your attention to this matter.
Very truly yours,
Jason Karimi
Citizen
Sioux Falls, SD
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