
South Dakota 2022 recreational marijuana campaign kicks off
South Dakota secretary of state’s office on Tuesday approved a draft of a statewide ballot measure for 2022, meaning the campaign – South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML) – can start collecting the 17,000 voter signatures it needs by Nov. 8 to get a spot in next year’s election…

NJ legal weed: 14 new permits issued to grow medical marijuana, including new dispensaries
The number of legal cannabis growers in the state will more than double after regulators on Friday issued new licenses designed to ease crippling supply issues for medical marijuana patients and push the state closer to legal weed sales for all adults…

Limited home cultivation would be allowed, and half of revenue resulting from a 10 percent tax on adult-use marijuana sales under the bill would go to the state’s general revenue fund with the other half being divided between law enforcement and mental health and addiction treatment and recovery services. Medical cannabis would remain untaxed…
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