South Dakota voters have a unique opportunity on Election Day. Already the country’s first electorate to see adult-use cannabis legalization measures in three straight election cycles, state voters could become the first to legalize recreational marijuana possession and cultivation without setting up a market for regulated sales.
That half-measure is all that Initiated Measure 29, funded by South Dakota’s medical marijuana industry, offers after a more expansive adult-use legalization initiative approved by voters in 2020 was later declared unconstitutional by a state judge.
To avoid the same fate, IM 29 is limited by design to legalizing marijuana possession and small-scale home cultivation for adults 21 and older.
It’s understood that individuals who grow cannabis could give it away without compensation, but even this strictly “gifting economy” appears to be a tough sell for voters.
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