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The Week In Weed: August 18, 2023

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what's happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we return to South Dakota, where some people want adult-use to be legal...

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what's happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we return to South Dakota, where some people want adult-use to be legal and some want medical marijuana to be rescinded. Then we have a follow-up on the New York situation. We check in on Alabama, where licensing has been an issue. We note that New Hampshire will now be studying legalization. And we turn our attention overseas, to check in on the German legalization process. And finally, we report on a CBD bar in South Carolina.

SOUTH DAKOTA

We've not reported on South Dakota in a while, although there was a time when it was in the news a lot. At present, medical marijuana is legal and adult-use is not. People seem to be dissatisfied with both of those conditions, and they're going the ballot initiative route to change things. There are three (count 'em three) measures at play now.

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