Initiated Measure 29 is latest attempt to legalize recreational marijuana

  • Among the king-sized collectibles on display at this year’s Coal Springs Threshing Bee and Antique Show was a line of vintage pickup-trucks and even a few automobiles. Hundreds turned out for the 26th annual event near Meadow last weekend.
    Among the king-sized collectibles on display at this year’s Coal Springs Threshing Bee and Antique Show was a line of vintage pickup-trucks and even a few automobiles. Hundreds turned out for the 26th annual event near Meadow last weekend.

    Initiated Measure 29 would allow people 21 and older to “possess, grow, ingest, and distribute marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia.” Possession would be allowed up to 2 ounces in a form other than marijuana concentrate or other marijuana products.

    This will be the third consecutive election cycle that South Dakota voters are asked whether recreational marijuana should be legal in the state. In 202…