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South Dakota: Ballot proposals for 2016 election include medical marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 05/27/2015 - 08:00

A South Dakota medical marijuana supporter hopes to begin gathering signatures within a month to put a proposal on the 2016 ballot to allow people with serious medical conditions to use marijuana.

Melissa Mentele, an activist from Emery, South Dakota, said Tuesday that the ballot language she’s been working on is now under review at the state Attorney General’s office. Mentele and other organizers need 13,871 signatures by Nov. 8 to get the proposal on the 2016 ballot.

Mentele, 38, said she’s attempting to help patients similar to herself - she suffers from reflex sympathetic dystrophy - who have debilitating medical conditions ranging from cancer to post-traumatic stress disorder.

Mentele said she’s pushing a ballot proposal because state lawmakers haven’t been receptive to enacting a South Dakota medical marijuana program through the Legislature. The proposal would allow patients with a physician’s recommendation to purchase or cultivate marijuana and possess up...

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