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Newsbrief:
South
Dakota
Hemp
Petition
Signatures
Submitted,
Seeds
Planted
5/10/02
The South Dakota Industrial
Hemp Council on Tuesday handed over 15,700 signatures on petitions asking
that the state's electorate be allowed to vote on whether to legalize hemp
production in the upcoming November elections. State law requires
13,010 valid signatures, and signature-gatherers typically hope for an
extra 50% above the legal requirement, so some nail-biting will take place
between now and the time South Dakota Secretary of State Chris Nelson finishes
his audit of the signatures. According to Bob Newland of South Dakota
NORML (http://www.sodaknorml.org),
Nelson should finish the count sometime this month.
Provided that Nelson finds
sufficient signatures, South Dakota voters will be asked to vote for or
against the following proposition: "Any person may plant, cultivate,
harvest, possess, process, transport, sell or buy industrial hemp (cannabis)
or any of its by-products with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of
one percent or less."
After handing in the signatures,
Newland and a small group of petition-gatherers moved to a flower bed near
the steps of the state capitol in Pierre and planted 550 hemp seeds.
Although both police and media had been notified in advance, said Newland,
neither showed up.
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Issue #236, 5/10/02
Editorial: Unsafe Streets | Leading Education, Civil Rights, and Drug Policy Organizations Urge Congress to Repeal HEA Drug Provision in Full | Congressional Drug and Terrorism Expert Says Legalization Could Cut Crime | Needle Exchange Not Playing Well in Peoria | Philadelphia Trying to Quash Open-Air Drug Markets With Massive Police Presence | In Hartford, Neighborhood Drug Fighters and Drug Reformers Inhabit Parallel Universes | Million Marijuana March Hits 200 Cities Worldwide, Major Arrests Only in NYC | Patient's Hunger Strike for Medical Cannabis Enters Fourth Week | Newsbrief: FDA Okays Marijuana Hair Test, Would Detect Up to Three Months | Newsbrief: German Heroin Deaths Decline After Safe Injection Sites Introduced | Newsbrief: South Dakota Hemp Petition Signatures Submitted, Seeds Planted | Newsbrief: Philippine Official Asks End to Vigilante Killings of Drug Dealers, Users | Newsbrief: Canadian Senate Panel Hints at Marijuana Legalization | NPR and Reuters on HEA and SSDP | The Reformer's Calendar
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