Category: About WeedPress
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Weedpress – About, Mission, Vision
Weedpress is an independent public-interest policy publication focused on cannabis law, regulatory accountability, and state-federal compliance issues in South Dakota and the Upper Midwest. We publish statutory analysis, regulatory conflict reporting, and legal policy commentary on issues where state cannabis programs intersect — and at times conflict — with federal law, constitutional limits, and due-process…
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Weedpress Editorial Policy 2026
WeedPress Editorial Policy & Publishing Standards WeedPress is a public-interest journalism and public-record analysis project. Our purpose is to document, archive, and analyze public records, legislation, court filings, and official statements related to public policy, regulatory systems, and civic process. Publishing Standards WeedPress adheres to the following standards: • No personal targeting of private individuals…
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The American Medical Cannabis Access Map (AMC-AM)
THE PROJECT The American Medical Cannabis Access Map (AMC-AM) A permanent public national archive showing: • Which states allow medical cannabis • What conditions qualify • What protections patients actually have • Where doctors can recommend • Where dispensaries can legally operate • Where federal law still blocks access • Where patients are forced into…
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Model Legal Arguments & Proposed Legislative Language for Rastafarian Religious Cannabis Protections in South Dakota
I. Model Legal Arguments for a RFRA Defense A. Establishing a Substantial Burden on Religious Exercise Sincerity of Belief Rastafarians adhere to the Holy Piby and Kebra Nagast, which frame cannabis as a sacred sacrament for meditation, healing, and communion with the divine. Affidavits from Rastafarian elders or scholars (e.g., testimony from the Ethiopian Zion…
