Twenty-three states have medical marijuana statutes in place and a group wants to add South Dakota to that list. Melissa Mentele who is with the South Dakota Family Coalition for Compassion held a kickoff event at the Sioux Falls Downtown Public Library last week. She says their organization wanted to bring a law that do it right the first time…
Mentele also feels that other states have introduced half-measures that do more harm than good…
13,871 valid signatures are needed by November 8 in order for the proposal to be put on the 2016 ballot.