Featured Analysis
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Ned Horsted’s “Family Values” GOP Run Is a Democrat Trojan Horse — While His Family Farm Hosts LGBTQ Pride Events and Pushes Progressive Radicalism
Editors note: The following is voter information on a public candidate based solely on public records on a regulated industry and candidate. Protective order proceedings are separate and this publication is not intended to influence any court matter. South Dakota House District 6 voters have four and a half short weeks until the June 2…
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Sunday Bible Reflection: 5-3-26
Hebrews 12 KJV 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us… 11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous,…
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The Post-Announcement Phase of Cannabis Rescheduling: What the June DEA Hearing Means, What States May Have to Change, and What to Watch Next
The most important cannabis-law story in the country is no longer the announcement that part of the marijuana market has been moved into Schedule III. It is the implementation phase that follows. In April 2026, the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration took the unusual step of immediately placing state-licensed medical marijuana and…
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South Dakota Medical Cannabis Prices vs. Colorado and Washington: Why Patients Pay WAY More in the Mount Rushmore State
South Dakota’s medical cannabis program was designed to provide safe, legal access for qualifying patients. Yet current dispensary prices for flower — the most common form of medicine — remain dramatically higher than in mature recreational markets like Colorado and Washington. This price gap directly burdens patients, limits access, and undermines the voter-approved goal of…
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605 Cannabis LLC, Public Oversight, and Program Integrity: A Public-Records Timeline for South Dakota’s Medical Cannabis Program
South Dakota’s medical cannabis program was created by voters to serve patients. It is also a regulated industry. That means licensed establishments, establishment agents, compliance officers, campaign leaders, committee members, and public-facing executives do not operate in a purely private sphere. When a licensed cannabis business is inspected, suspended, sued, settled with, politically active, represented…
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Federal Rescheduling to Schedule III and the Emerging State Reckoning: South Carolina’s Statutory Trigger, Tennessee’s Legislative Blockade, and the Intellectual Lineage of Schedule I Nullification from Judge Francis L. Young’s 1988 Ruling Through Iowa Activism to Michigan Dismissals
Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for the DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance.¹² The Department of Justice announced on April 23, 2026, the issuance of a final order immediately…
Policy
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Why WeedPress Exists the Way It Does: How I Learned to Navigate Hostile Systems — and Still Publish Solutions
WeedPress focuses on documented facts, public records, and procedural analysis, not personal vendettas or speculation. Why WeedPress Exists the Way It Does: How I Learned to Navigate Hostile Systems — and Still Publish Solutions By Jason Karimi | WeedPress | January 29, 2026 WeedPress wasn’t built by someone who grew up with a safety net.…
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Every Cannabis Bill Sounds the Same — Here’s How to Translate Lawmaker Speak
Every Cannabis Bill Sounds the Same — Here’s How to Translate Lawmaker Speak By Jason Karimi | WeedPress | January 29, 2026 If you’ve covered even one cannabis hearing, you already know the truth: every cannabis bill sounds exactly the same. The words change, the bill numbers change, the lawmakers change — but the language?…
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South Dakota Lawmakers Quietly Move to Ban Hemp THC and Expand Drug Enforcement
South Dakota Lawmakers Quietly Move to Ban Hemp THC and Expand Drug Enforcement By Jason Karimi | WeedPress: The Paper Trail PIERRE, S.D. — While lawmakers quietly pulled a controversial medical cannabis arrest bill from the agenda this week, other cannabis-related legislation is still moving — including major efforts to ban hemp-derived THC products and…
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On Independence, Accountability, and Why I Don’t Build My Work Around Approval
On Independence, Accountability, and Why I Don’t Build My Work Around Approval By Jason Karimi At 19, I ended up in a homeless shelter. Not because I committed a crime.Not because I was addicted.Not because I couldn’t work. I was there because I stood up in court for religious cannabis rights, made the front page…
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Plural Policy: The Quiet Tool Lobbyists Use to Track and Shape Law (And Why Activists Should Pay Attention)
Plural Policy: The Quiet Tool Lobbyists Use to Track and Shape Law (And Why Activists Should Pay Attention) By Jason Karimi | WeedPress 1-24-2026 Most people who follow politics think legislation moves through press releases, committee hearings, and floor votes. That’s not how it actually works. Real power happens earlier — in version changes, quiet…
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Law
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Ned Horsted’s “Family Values” GOP Run Is a Democrat Trojan Horse — While His Family Farm Hosts LGBTQ Pride Events and Pushes Progressive Radicalism
Editors note: The following is voter information on a public candidate based solely on public records on a regulated industry and candidate. Protective order proceedings are separate and this publication is not intended to influence any court matter. South Dakota House District 6 voters have four and a half short weeks until the June 2…
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Sunday Bible Reflection: 5-3-26
Hebrews 12 KJV 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us… 11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous,…
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The Post-Announcement Phase of Cannabis Rescheduling: What the June DEA Hearing Means, What States May Have to Change, and What to Watch Next
The most important cannabis-law story in the country is no longer the announcement that part of the marijuana market has been moved into Schedule III. It is the implementation phase that follows. In April 2026, the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration took the unusual step of immediately placing state-licensed medical marijuana and…
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South Dakota Medical Cannabis Prices vs. Colorado and Washington: Why Patients Pay WAY More in the Mount Rushmore State
South Dakota’s medical cannabis program was designed to provide safe, legal access for qualifying patients. Yet current dispensary prices for flower — the most common form of medicine — remain dramatically higher than in mature recreational markets like Colorado and Washington. This price gap directly burdens patients, limits access, and undermines the voter-approved goal of…
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605 Cannabis LLC, Public Oversight, and Program Integrity: A Public-Records Timeline for South Dakota’s Medical Cannabis Program
South Dakota’s medical cannabis program was created by voters to serve patients. It is also a regulated industry. That means licensed establishments, establishment agents, compliance officers, campaign leaders, committee members, and public-facing executives do not operate in a purely private sphere. When a licensed cannabis business is inspected, suspended, sued, settled with, politically active, represented…
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Federal Rescheduling to Schedule III and the Emerging State Reckoning: South Carolina’s Statutory Trigger, Tennessee’s Legislative Blockade, and the Intellectual Lineage of Schedule I Nullification from Judge Francis L. Young’s 1988 Ruling Through Iowa Activism to Michigan Dismissals
Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for the DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance.¹² The Department of Justice announced on April 23, 2026, the issuance of a final order immediately…
Science
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Ned Horsted’s “Family Values” GOP Run Is a Democrat Trojan Horse — While His Family Farm Hosts LGBTQ Pride Events and Pushes Progressive Radicalism
Editors note: The following is voter information on a public candidate based solely on public records on a regulated industry and candidate. Protective order proceedings are separate and this publication is not intended to influence any court matter. South Dakota House District 6 voters have four and a half short weeks until the June 2…
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The Post-Announcement Phase of Cannabis Rescheduling: What the June DEA Hearing Means, What States May Have to Change, and What to Watch Next
The most important cannabis-law story in the country is no longer the announcement that part of the marijuana market has been moved into Schedule III. It is the implementation phase that follows. In April 2026, the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration took the unusual step of immediately placing state-licensed medical marijuana and…
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Why South Dakota’s Own Statutes Now Make Schedule I Marijuana Unlawful to Maintain
“Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is placing both FDA-approved drug products containing marijuana, and medicinal marijuana products subject to a qualifying state-issued license in Schedule III under his authority to reschedule drugs to carry out the United States’ obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.”¹ South Dakota, however, is not automatically bound by that…
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South Dakota’s Schedule I Marijuana Prohibition Heads to Court This Summer: Lawsuit Will Seek Declaration That State Law No Longer Satisfies Its Own Criteria
This summer I intend to file a civil action against the State of South Dakota seeking a judicial declaration that the state’s Schedule I classification of marijuana no longer satisfies the statutory criteria required for Schedule I placement under South Dakota law.¹ The claim is straightforward: once the factual predicate of “no accepted medical use”…
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Maryland Just Drew a New Line on Veterinary Cannabis
April 24, 2026 In a new development, Maryland has protected veterinarians from professional discipline solely for discussing or recommending cannabis or cannabidiol products for animals. House Bill 452 and Senate Bill 54, signed on April 14, 2026 as Chapters 47 and 48, bar the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners from suspending or revoking a…
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Why Italian Wikipedia Cites an Old WeedPress Cannabis Science Article
April 24, 2026 Independent advocacy journalism rarely imagines itself entering the reference architecture of the internet. Most movement publishing assumes a shorter shelf life: intervention, argument, disappearance. But sometimes old work lingers. An older WeedPress article on the LD50 of cannabis—addressing the longstanding toxicology point that lethal overdose from cannabis is extraordinarily difficult to achieve—appears…
Current Events
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CBD Sweatshirts Apparently For Sale On Amazon
These are about 30 bucks a pop. Pics of sweatshirts below respective links. Ask Me About CBD Quote Gift Cannabis Hemp Medical Marijuana Pullover Hoodie CBD Oil Heals Cannabinoid Slogan Quote Fun Gift Hoodie CBD Saved My Life Hoodie| Hemp Lover Natural Medicine CBD Hoodie Cannabidiol Hemp Plant Oil Cannabis I Dont Always Use…
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Black Market Brand, “Dank Vapes,” Found Used In 80% Of Vape Illness Cases
Business Insider explains. ‘ In summary, Dank Vapes is a popular brand sold on the black market, nobody knows who runs the business, and is so popular that dudes have stolen the brand name in their own homemade garage operations to sell random illegal vape pens to people under a popular name. Counterfeit pens, as…
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5 People Died So Far From Illegal Unregulated Marijuana Pens #BlackMarketNews
So this isn’t good for anyone, but it may lead to solutions. The problem is clearly that marijuana is illegal, which leaves unregulated products on the street that make people sick. Black market issues are front and center as the marijuana industry reaction to the vape pen outbreaks across the country — now totaling over…
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First Death Linked To Minnesota THC Pen #BlackMarketNews
KIMT reports. U.S. health officials said Friday they have identified 450 possible cases in 33 states, including three other deaths in Illinois, Indiana and Oregon.
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Hemp Farming In 2019 Quadruples, Says Report
Tom Angell writes at Forbes: d Hemp Farming Quadrupled In The U.S. This Year, New Report Shows U.S. farmers have been licensed to grow 511,442 acres of marijuana’s non-intoxicating cannabis cousin this year—a 455 percent increase over 2018 levels—according to Vote Hemp’s annual survey of state agriculture departments. That’s up from 78,176 acres grown last year, 25,713 acres in 2017 and 9,770 acres in 2016,…
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Death By Vapors: Vitamin E Acetate Making Black Market THC Cartridge Users Deadly Ill #BlackMarketNews
Kaiser Health News, among other media outlets, are sounding the alarm on hundreds of people throughout the country reporting sicknesses as a result of black market vape pens with THC. Yesterday WeedPress reported hospitalization numbers around 250; today it is upwards of 450 people. Three users so far may have died. This may be somewhat…
Legislation
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Ned Horsted’s “Family Values” GOP Run Is a Democrat Trojan Horse — While His Family Farm Hosts LGBTQ Pride Events and Pushes Progressive Radicalism
Editors note: The following is voter information on a public candidate based solely on public records on a regulated industry and candidate. Protective order proceedings are separate and this publication is not intended to influence any court matter. South Dakota House District 6 voters have four and a half short weeks until the June 2…
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West Virginia and Mississippi Tried to Move Marijuana to Schedule III. Both Bills Reveal the Same Structural Problem.
April 24, 2026 West Virginia and Mississippi each opened the 2026 session with a bill that would have done something their existing marijuana laws still refuse to do: move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under state law.¹ ² Both proposals were straightforward on paper. West Virginia’s SB 809 would amend W. Va. Code…
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WeedPress Blueprint Update 1
April 23, 2026 Tracker — newly surfaced / incremental developments since last sweep https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-week-in-weed-april-2026-3-9554026/ https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-week-in-weed-april-2026-3-9554026/ Priority watchlist shift: Rhode Island residency litigation + possible legislative cure is the most material new development in this run.
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Blueprint 2026
April 21, 2021 The architecture WeedPress is following to cover policy nationwide this year: Layer 1: Source monitoring Layer 2: Structured trackerGoogle Sheet with columns like: Master tracker columns Use one Google Sheet with these columns: Core identity Legal substance Source control Workflow Best values for each column Category Use only: Subcategory Examples: Item type…
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No. 19 — Religious Accommodation in Medical-Only Cannabis States
No. 19 — Religious Accommodation in Medical-Only Cannabis States: Structural Litigation Risk and Legislative Design By Jason Karimi | WeedPress Policy Series No. 19April 20, 2026 ⸻ I. Introduction: The Unaddressed Gap Medical-only cannabis states operate within a tightly regulated framework. Cultivation is limited. Home grows require registration. Plant counts are capped. Inspections are authorized.…
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No. 17 — Federal Rescheduling and State Statutory Insulation: Indiana as a Case Study in Vertical Federalism Design
No. 17 — Federal Rescheduling and State Statutory Insulation: Indiana as a Case Study in Vertical Federalism Design By Jason Karimi | WeedPress Policy Series No. 17April 7, 2026 ⸻ When the federal government signals that marijuana may be rescheduled under the Controlled Substances Act, public debate gravitates toward legalization politics. That is the wrong…
RFRA Updates
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Connecticut’s HB 5044 Is Not Just a Vaccine Bill. It Is a Legislative Rewrite of RFRA Mid-Litigation.
April 24, 2026 Connecticut’s HB 5044 is being sold as a vaccine-governance bill. In one sense, that is true: the bill deals broadly with immunization standards, the Department of Public Health’s authority, insurance coverage, and related vaccine-administration issues.¹ But buried inside that larger package is the provision that matters most for religious-liberty law: HB 5044…
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West Virginia and Mississippi Tried to Move Marijuana to Schedule III. Both Bills Reveal the Same Structural Problem.
April 24, 2026 West Virginia and Mississippi each opened the 2026 session with a bill that would have done something their existing marijuana laws still refuse to do: move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under state law.¹ ² Both proposals were straightforward on paper. West Virginia’s SB 809 would amend W. Va. Code…
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The State of Religious Freedom in America in 2026: Strong but Uneven Protection Across the States
April 21, 2026 State-level protection for religious exercise in 2026 is both stronger and less uniform than many summary accounts suggest. Roughly thirty states are commonly identified as having enacted statutory Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (“RFRAs”), while a smaller additional set is often described as providing RFRA-like protection through state constitutional doctrine. The trend is…
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No. 19 — Religious Accommodation in Medical-Only Cannabis States
No. 19 — Religious Accommodation in Medical-Only Cannabis States: Structural Litigation Risk and Legislative Design By Jason Karimi | WeedPress Policy Series No. 19April 20, 2026 ⸻ I. Introduction: The Unaddressed Gap Medical-only cannabis states operate within a tightly regulated framework. Cultivation is limited. Home grows require registration. Plant counts are capped. Inspections are authorized.…
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The Record Is the Case: Religious-Cannabis Claims Are Won Long Before the Judge Rules
The Record Is the Case: Religious-Cannabis Claims Are Won Long Before the Judge Rules By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 14, 2026 Religious-cannabis cases are not won on sympathy. They are not won on slogans. They are not won because a claimant sounds sincere in the hallway or because a cause feels morally compelling in…
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The Next Religious-Cannabis Test Case: What Courts Will Actually Need To See
The Next Religious-Cannabis Test Case: What Courts Will Actually Need To See By Jason Karimi | WeedPress April 14, 2026 Religious-cannabis cases have been discussed as though the central question were whether a judge personally finds the practice unusual, controversial, or politically inconvenient. That is not the real question. The real question is whether a…
Upcoming Events
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Why South Dakota’s Own Statutes Now Make Schedule I Marijuana Unlawful to Maintain
“Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is placing both FDA-approved drug products containing marijuana, and medicinal marijuana products subject to a qualifying state-issued license in Schedule III under his authority to reschedule drugs to carry out the United States’ obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.”¹ South Dakota, however, is not automatically bound by that…
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South Dakota’s Schedule I Marijuana Prohibition Heads to Court This Summer: Lawsuit Will Seek Declaration That State Law No Longer Satisfies Its Own Criteria
This summer I intend to file a civil action against the State of South Dakota seeking a judicial declaration that the state’s Schedule I classification of marijuana no longer satisfies the statutory criteria required for Schedule I placement under South Dakota law.¹ The claim is straightforward: once the factual predicate of “no accepted medical use”…
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They Don’t Get To License The Press
Recent reporting indicates a Florida judge extended a temporary restraining order involving James O’Keefe and also ordered firearm surrender pending further proceedings. Whether that order is a pure First Amendment prior-restraint problem depends on what it actually forbids. If it regulates threats, contact, or violence, that is one thing; if it blocks publication, reporting, or…
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Iowa Medical Cannabis Board Hearing Friday March 27 (DETAILS)
Meeting Information: March 27, 2026 – Medical Cannabidiol Board Beginning at 10:00am on Friday, March 27 the first Medical Cannabidiol Board meeting of 2026 will be held virtually using the information below: * For those who wish to participate in the public comment period virtually, please send an email to medical.cannabis@hhs.iowa.gov expressing your interest. You will use the zoom or…
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Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana Launches Statewide Town Hall Tour
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana Launches Statewide Town Hall Tour By Jason Karimi | WeedPress | February 7, 2026 Scottsbluff to Lincoln: Advocates Take Patient Access Conversation Across the State Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) is hitting the road this week with a statewide town hall tour aimed at updating patients, families, and community members on…
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Federal Public Comment Available Now (Texas Too)
Public input needed! Federal first then Texas: Federal Update: CMS & Hemp-Derived Cannabinoids On November 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) filed a proposed ruleto incorporate the federal definition of hemp that will take effect on November 12, 2026. This proposed rule clarifies that cannabis or hemp-derived products illegal under federal or state…
For The Record (2026), By Jason Karimi
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Ned Horsted’s “Family Values” GOP Run Is a Democrat Trojan Horse — While His Family Farm Hosts LGBTQ Pride Events and Pushes Progressive Radicalism
Editors note: The following is voter information on a public candidate based solely on public records on a regulated industry and candidate. Protective order proceedings are separate and this publication is not intended to influence any court matter. South Dakota House District 6 voters have four and a half short weeks until the June 2…
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Chapter 9: The Record vs. the Narrative
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 10: What Remains
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 8: What the Media Gets Wrong
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 7: Why I Never Left
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 6: Staying Power
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 5: The Apprenticeship
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 4: Learning the Language of Power
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 3: Becoming a Problem
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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Chapter 2: Before the File Was Opened
Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted education, faith, discipline, and early legitimacy Chapter 3 — Becoming a ProblemWork, exhaustion, collapse, and the cost of visibility Chapter 4 — Learning the Language of PowerCourts, probation, jail, campaigns, and proximity to decision-makers…
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“For The Record” Chapter 1: The First Arrest
The following 8,580 word book is ten chapters long and written for future advocates. FOR THE RECORD How Power Actually Works—and Why Documentation Outlasts the Narrative By Jason Karimi Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 — The First ArrestEarly rupture, authority, and the beginning of resistance Chapter 2 — Before the File Was Opened Gifted…
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On Independence, Accountability, and Why I Don’t Build My Work Around Approval
On Independence, Accountability, and Why I Don’t Build My Work Around Approval By Jason Karimi At 19, I ended up in a homeless shelter. Not because I committed a crime.Not because I was addicted.Not because I couldn’t work. I was there because I stood up in court for religious cannabis rights, made the front page…
Commentary
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Dead Sea Scrolls Prove Book of Enoch Was Canonical During Jesus Time
The Dead Sea Scroll Proof Between 1947–1956, the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered at Qumran. Among them were at least 11 distinct Enoch manuscripts — more copies than many Old Testament books. That tells us something critical: Enoch was not fringe. It was core scripture for major Jewish communities before Jesus. What the Scrolls show:…
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WeedPress Warned Political Violence Was Increasing And Now A 19 Year Old Was Assassinated
I met with Governor Kim Reynolds with the head of the Iowa College Republicans and other leaders in 2017 to warn political violence with my college activist group was on the rise. My colleague at Iowa State, Ryan Hurley, former President of Young Americans for Liberty at Iowa State, testified to the Governor he was…
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“Unlocked Potential: Small Businesses in the Cannabis Industry”
In 2019, senior legal fellow Paul J. Larkin Jr. provided testimony titled “Unlocked Potential: Small Businesses in the Cannabis Industry” before the U.S. House Small Business Committee. Key Points on Business Impacts and Policy Recommendations • Differential Impacts: The testimony acknowledges that federal prohibition creates barriers for all cannabis businesses but notes that small operators…
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The Five Enemies Of Greatness
Spotted at a Sioux Falls Vern Eide dealership fix it ticket for camera security today.
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“Code of the West” Covers Montana’s Failed Effort To Repeal Marijuana Laws
Year: 2012 At a time when the world is rethinking its drug policies large and small, one state rises to the forefront. Once a pioneer in legalizing medical marijuana, the state of Montana may now become the first to repeal its medical marijuana law. Set against the sweeping vistas of the Rockies, the steamy lamplight…
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How Kim Reynolds Bullied Iowa City Council Members Out of Decriminalizing Marijuana
Iowa city council members who wished to decriminalize marijuana tell Iowa cannabis activists Kim Reynolds threatened to take away city funds from the state if the city council pursues marijuana decriminalization. As of today Kim Reynolds is the most unpopular governor in the country. Republicans stifling debate on a winning political issue using threats to…
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RFRA Changes The Cannabis Game; Fulfills My Prediction Religious Cannabis Constitutional Claims
Prior to RFRA state laws, I argued the first amendment right to religion would bring constitutional rulings for individuals protecting religious access to cannabis in private prayer. I think this is still the inevitable end result of cannabis litigations. There are several things to note about the RFRA.
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Patient Perspectives
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Ned Horsted’s “Family Values” GOP Run Is a Democrat Trojan Horse — While His Family Farm Hosts LGBTQ Pride Events and Pushes Progressive Radicalism
Editors note: The following is voter information on a public candidate based solely on public records on a regulated industry and candidate. Protective order proceedings are separate and this publication is not intended to influence any court matter. South Dakota House District 6 voters have four and a half short weeks until the June 2…
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The Post-Announcement Phase of Cannabis Rescheduling: What the June DEA Hearing Means, What States May Have to Change, and What to Watch Next
The most important cannabis-law story in the country is no longer the announcement that part of the marijuana market has been moved into Schedule III. It is the implementation phase that follows. In April 2026, the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration took the unusual step of immediately placing state-licensed medical marijuana and…
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South Dakota Medical Cannabis Prices vs. Colorado and Washington: Why Patients Pay WAY More in the Mount Rushmore State
South Dakota’s medical cannabis program was designed to provide safe, legal access for qualifying patients. Yet current dispensary prices for flower — the most common form of medicine — remain dramatically higher than in mature recreational markets like Colorado and Washington. This price gap directly burdens patients, limits access, and undermines the voter-approved goal of…
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605 Cannabis LLC, Public Oversight, and Program Integrity: A Public-Records Timeline for South Dakota’s Medical Cannabis Program
South Dakota’s medical cannabis program was created by voters to serve patients. It is also a regulated industry. That means licensed establishments, establishment agents, compliance officers, campaign leaders, committee members, and public-facing executives do not operate in a purely private sphere. When a licensed cannabis business is inspected, suspended, sued, settled with, politically active, represented…
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Federal Rescheduling to Schedule III and the Emerging State Reckoning: South Carolina’s Statutory Trigger, Tennessee’s Legislative Blockade, and the Intellectual Lineage of Schedule I Nullification from Judge Francis L. Young’s 1988 Ruling Through Iowa Activism to Michigan Dismissals
Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for the DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance.¹² The Department of Justice announced on April 23, 2026, the issuance of a final order immediately…
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Quiet Outreach to Key Movement Leadership: Notifying Reform Voices of Incoming Schedule I Lawsuit
In the ongoing fight for a patient-first medical cannabis program aligned with science, law, and federal developments, transparency with allies matters. Today I quietly reached out to five respected voices in South Dakota’s cannabis reform and industry space to notify them of an impending lawsuit challenging South Dakota’s maintenance of marijuana in Schedule I under…
WeedPress: The Paper Trail 