With yet another poll showing a South Dakota marijuana legalization ballot initiative trailing, a top activist is calling out the national cannabis industry for pumping money into “expensive fancy D.C. lobbyists” that have achieved “virtually nothing” at the federal level while state campaigns are “starving” for resources.
The survey from KELOLAND News, Emerson College and The Hill released on Tuesday shows that 51 percent of South Dakotans plan to vote against the legalization measure next month, while 40 percent said they’ll be supporting it and 10 percent remain undecided.
Those numbers indicate that the reform measure could see a different fate compared to when voters in the state approved a 2020 legalization initiative, only for it to be overturned in the courts.
There’s little time left for South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML) to convince the undecided and sway opponents. But the campaign says its ability to reach voters this cycle has been limited by a lack of interest and financial contributions from large cannabis businesses.
SDBML Director Matthew Schweich, who also serves as deputy director of the national Marijuana Policy Project, told Marijuana Moment on Tuesday that, in general, “it’s never been more difficult to predict who’s going
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