After South Dakota’s Election Day defeat of adult-use legalization, an emboldened lawmaker is moving to repeal the state’s medical cannabis law.
House Bill 1101, introduced Monday by Republican state Rep. Travis Ismay, would simply repeal the state’s 2020 medical-marijuana law and outlaw the more than 100 legal cannabis businesses in the state.
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It’s Ismay’s second effort to undo MMJ in the state, according to Dakota News Now.
South Dakota voters legalized medical marijuana in 2020 despite opposition from influential politicians such as then-Gov. Kristi Noem.
That same ballot initiative also legalized adult-use cannabis.
However, the South Dakota Supreme Court later struck down the adult-use provision after a state law enforcement official filed suit on Noem’s behalf.
Voters later rejected two subsequent legalization measures
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