Judge Christina Klinger’s ruling sets up what is likely to be an increasingly contentious legal battle over the state’s Amendment A, which allows residents to grow, license and sell cannabis.
Brendan Johnson, a lawyer who represents South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws, the group that put the measure on the ballot, told the Sioux Falls Argus Leader that he planned to appeal the ruling to state Supreme Court.
The group’s measure is part of a broader nationwide push toward the decriminalization of marijuana, as shifting attitudes in the United States about drug use — and cannabis in particular — have heralded a rapid turnover in the legality of the drug across the country. [Read More @ The Washington Post]
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