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Corrections log
Corrections, updates and editor’s notes on published WeedPress articles, newest first. Dates are the dates shown in the note on the article.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: New Approach South Dakota Leadership Faces Down $800,000 Unpaid Rent Allegation, Foreclosure, and Domestic Assault Case (published Oct. 20, 2026). Added the disposition of a Hanson County criminal case that the original post did not state.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Editor’s note: My Written Comments to South Dakota Health: Put the Numbers in the Rulemaking Record (published Sept. 10, 2026). Noted that a statute cited in the submitted comment (SDCL 1-26-2.1) has since been repealed and identified the current section; the comment text is unchanged as submitted.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: 38 Rules, 19,821 Patients, 108 Licensed Establishments: South Dakota Rewrites Its Medical Cannabis Program (published Sept. 9, 2026). Corrected a citation to a repealed small-business impact statute (SDCL 1-26-2.1); the requirement is now under SDCL 1-26-4.11.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: Zach Lahn Ran Against Corporate Ag. Then He Picked a Bayer-Backed Hog Operator Whose Farm a Judge Just Put in Receivership (published Sept. 4, 2026). Corrected the location of a farm operator’s operation.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: SD AG WeedPress Questions: October’s MMOC Meeting (published Aug. 27, 2026). Corrected a statutory citation range; SDCL 34-20G-94 has been repealed.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: DEA Registration Decision Tree: 5 Questions Every Medical Operator Should Answer Before June 27 (published May 5, 2026). Corrected the end date of the 60-day DEA registration window (June 27, 2026, not June 26).
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: South Dakota Medical Cannabis Prices vs. Colorado and Washington: Why Patients Pay WAY More in the Mount Rushmore State (published May 2, 2026). Corrected the statute cited for medical cannabis purchase limits.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: Quiet Outreach to Key Movement Leadership: Notifying Reform Voices of Incoming Schedule I Lawsuit (published April 30, 2026). Corrected descriptions of SDCL 34-20G-72 and SDCL 34-20B-14.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: 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 (published April 28, 2026). Corrected the description of SDCL 34-20B-14.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: Public Records Show Two Civil Cases Involving 605 Cannabis Executive; Questions of Transparency Follow For Reform Leadership (published April 26, 2026). Corrected the stated status and dispositions of Hanson County court cases.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: No. 14 – The South Dakota Controlled Substances Act: Legislative Architecture, Intent, and Institutional Design in a Potential Federal Rescheduling Context (published March 24, 2026). Corrected a Schedule I citation and a misquotation of SDCL 34-20B-27.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: Cannabis Federalism After Medical Recognition (published March 17, 2026). Corrected a Schedule I statutory citation.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: No. 13 — Criminal Prosecution After Federal Medical Recognition: Motions Practice, Rational Basis, and Schedule I Litigation Exposure (published March 10, 2026). Corrected Iowa and South Dakota Schedule I statutory citations.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: South Dakota Lawmakers Quietly Move to Ban Hemp THC and Expand Drug Enforcement (published Jan. 29, 2026). Corrected statements that hemp-derived THC bans were still advancing; SB 61 did not advance.
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: Civil Case Inquiry — Cannabis Chem Lab, LLC v. Dakota Natural Solutions (Sept. 2025) (published Jan. 22, 2026). Corrected the county for case 02CIV25-000228 (Beadle County).
- Oct. 26, 2026 — Correction: A New Legal Standard Emerges: How HHS’s Two-Part Test Is Reshaping DEA Drug Scheduling (published Jan. 18, 2026). Corrected Federal Register citations.
- Undated — Update: New Approach South Dakota Pivots And Rebrands With New Leadership Amid Ongoing Concerns (published July 10, 2026). Added New Approach South Dakota’s public clarification about the leadership changes discussed in the post.
- 2019 — Editor’s note: Notes From Mercy College April First Symposium On Cannabis For Nurses, Physician Continuing Education Credits (published April 2, 2019). Corrected a statement about Kemin Industries’ growing experience after a company representative clarified it.
- 2019 — Update: Can Iowa Farmers Can Grow Hemp Immediately? New Iowa Hemp Industries Association Facebook Page Created May 13 2019 Appears To Say Yes (published May 18, 2019). Acknowledged a misreading of an Iowa Hemp Industries Association post and updated the article.
- Feb. 22, 2018 — Update: Upcoming medical marijuana education forum Saturday March 3rd, time TBA, save the date! (published Feb. 20, 2018). Corrected where a presenter was from.
Last updated Oct. 27, 2026. To report an error that should appear here, email weedpressnewstips@gmail.com.
