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US: South Dakota doubles down on double charge

A Rapid City medical marijuana dispensary wants help from the state Supreme Court in obtaining a license for another location.

The state Department of Health wants the business to pay another $5,000 fee and complete another application. The department also says the business should have taken the dispute to an administrative hearing before making its case in a courtroom.

The state's high court heard arguments on the issue Tuesday in Vermillion at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law.

The health department appealed a circuit court's ruling in favor of Puffy's, which operates two dispensaries in Rapid City but would like to open six more. Puffy's also has a dispensary in Sturgis.

Read more at The South Dakota Searchlight.

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