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South Dakota law enforcement takes cautious approach to marijuana as medicine

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 07/28/2015 - 08:45

South Dakotans have long been using marijuana illegally to treat a variety of aliments. A new initiated measure is aiming to legalize up to three ounces of marijuana for patients with serious medical conditions. The patient would need two separate doctor recommendations. 

Republican state Sen. Craig Tieszen isn't the stereotypical backer of medical marijuana in South Dakota.

For more than three decades, Tieszen wore a badge as a police officer, spending the last seven years of his career as Rapid City police chief.

And now he is a suit-wearing lawmaker, who is serving the final year of his fourth term in the South Dakota Senate.

Despite his past of arresting marijuana sellers and users, Tieszen now says he believes medical marijuana would be good for South Dakota because it could help those with serious medical conditions find relief. But he has concerns about the proposed ballot language that backers of...

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