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South Dakota’s Revised Medical Cannabis Rules Take Effect Nov. 5; Department’s Latest Posted Version Omits Two Proposed Corrective-Action Penalty Sentences
The South Dakota Register lists amendments to 35 sections of ARSD Article 44:90 as filed Oct. 16 and effective Nov. 5. In the department’s latest posted version, Category 4 and 5 first offenses are listed with a corrective-action plan instead of a dollar fine, and two proposed sentences tying corrective-action plans to monetary penalties do…
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South Dakota’s Revised Medical Cannabis Rules Take Effect Nov. 5; Department’s Latest Posted Version Omits Two Proposed Corrective-Action Penalty Sentences
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South Dakota’s Revised Medical Cannabis Rules Take Effect Nov. 5; Department’s Latest Posted Version Omits Two Proposed Corrective-Action Penalty Sentences
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WeedPress Requests Five Years of MMOC Communications with Outside Groups
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South Dakota’s Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee Meets October 13.
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LRC Says South Dakota Health’s New Homegrow Restriction May Lack Statutory Authority
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Part 1301 Defers Security to State Law. Article 44:90 Never Mentions Part 1301.
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How to File a Written Comment on South Dakota’s 38-Rule Medical Cannabis Package
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An Emergency Rule Lasts Ninety Days. It Is Not a Winter Session.
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South Dakota Wants to Rewrite Its Corrective-Action Rule. The Fine Can Still Come With It.
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Federal Scheduling / CSA
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Congress Gave Delta-8 Another Month. It Didn’t Give It Schedule III.
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“We Don’t Think Anything Has Changed”: Full Transcript of the South Dakota AG’s Office on Federal Rescheduling
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Iowa Proposes State Schedule III Placement for Qualifying Medical Marijuana Products. South Dakota Still Has a Separate Scheduling Question.
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South Dakota’s Attorney General Answered the Schedule III Question. The Department of Health Still Has Its Own Statute to Answer.
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South Dakota Attorney General Says Federal Schedule III Has “Negligible Impact” on State Medical Program; MMOC Receives Patient and Advocacy Materials
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South Dakota Attorney General Publishes Opinion Concerning Impact Of Federal Rescheduling
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SD Cannabis Business
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New Approach South Dakota Leadership Faces Down $800,000 Unpaid Rent Allegation, Foreclosure, and Domestic Assault Case
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