The state Department of Health is appealing a case against a medicinal marijuana company to the state Supreme Court. Arguing in Vermillion, the case questions the entire basis of having an initial court date in cases involving medical cannabis licenses.
Puffy's LLC V. State of South Dakota rose after the Rapid City medical cannabis market saw more applicants than available licenses.
In the state system, that then leads to a scoring system to determine who receives those licenses. If scores are deemed equal, then it comes down to a lottery.
Rapid City, the second largest city and metropolitan area in the state, would be a profitable market for any prospecting medical cannabis business.
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