MIDWEST S.D. POLICE COMMISSION FORGIVES COPS FOR USING CANNABIS

Two law enforcement hopefuls in South Dakota were given forgiveness for past marijuana use by the state police commission in July.

One police officer and one sheriff’s deputy are now eligible for certification. Parkston Officer Kody Beckers had a seven-year-old guilty plea to THC wax possession during his freshman year of college in Minnesota.

A future Roberts County sheriff’s deputy now gets a shot at becoming certified despite using a tribal medical marijuana card, which isn’t recognized by the state. She was treating pain with Cannabis last summer after a surgery.

12 states have medical CBD laws that forbid highTHC marijuana.

19 percent of U.S. adults say they have used Cannabis in the past year.

37 states have what Marijuana Policy Project considers effective medical marijuana laws. percent of U.S. adults approve of recreational pot legalization. percent of U.S. adults say Cannabis should be legal in some form.