Bill To Restrict Medical Cannabis Use By People On Probation Fails Senate Committee

Bill To Restrict Medical Cannabis Use By People On Probation Fails Senate Committee

PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Senate Health and Human Services Committee of the South Dakota Legislature has killed a measure aiming to restrict medical cannabis use by people on probation or conditional release. State Court Administrator Greg Sattizahn says Senate 191 would provide clarity to judges….

Roger Tellinghuisen, lobbying on behalf of cannabis organization Genesis Farms says the bill is another means to deny access to legally approved marijuana to qualified patients…

Committee member Senator Sydney Davis of Burbank doesn’t see anything wrong with the current law…

The bill, sponsored by District 24 Senator Jim Mehlhaff of Pierre, a member of the Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee, was defeated on a four-three vote.