Program overview
South Dakota operates South Dakota Medical Cannabis Program, administered by South Dakota Department of Health.
How South Dakota’s law developed
Initiated Measure 26 passed November 2020. Program launched 2021. A simultaneous recreational measure (Amendment A) was struck down by the courts but recreational was later approved in 2024.
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South Dakota Cannabis
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Questions people in South Dakota ask
- Is recreational marijuana legal in South Dakota?
- No. Voters approved Amendment A in 2020, but the South Dakota Supreme Court struck it down in 2021 on procedural grounds. A subsequent recreational ballot measure (Measure 27) was defeated in November 2022 with approximately 53% voting against.
