South Dakota issued its first three medical marijuana dispensary permits, but with no corresponding cultivation or processing licenses awarded, it’s unclear when sales might begin.
According to Vermillion-based radio station SDPB, the three stores are in:
- Wagner
- Watertown
- Keystone
The state health department said it continues to process business applications but did not provide a timetable for more approvals.
The state did recently select California-based technology company Accela to help manage the state’s emerging MMJ program.
Like all state-legal programs in the U.S., South Dakota’s dispensaries are required to sell cannabis grown within its borders.
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In 2020, South Dakota became the first state where voters approved both medical and recreational marijuana during the same election.
But the state’s highest court recently struck down the adult-use program on technical grounds.
