11/17/15

Award-winning RCJ cannabis series features Central City pioneer

The Gannett Company should buy Lee Enterprises which owns the Rapid City Journal and 45 other daily newspapers.

Media cripple Lee has presented its President's Award for News Excellence to a Journal series.

The July reports written and photographed mainly by Assistant Managing Editor Chris Huber with able assistance from Seth Tupper examined the debate over therapeutic cannabis in South Dakota.
The series featured on-the-record stories of people who feel compelled to break state law in order to obtain the relief they say marijuana provides them. The judges said the series "offers a very personal look into legal risks of those who use the drug and informative reporting intended to help frame a more intelligent debate on medical marijuana."
Read it all here.

Among the stories is Central City's Brad Morgan, who canvassed Deadwood for signatories to Initiated Measure 24. Brad and this reporter have been friends for twenty years.

His resilience and energy compelled the construction of my template for South Dakota's legislature to consider.

The State of Colorado is hiring a deputy cannabis coordinator.

Chart of the Week: Momentum Building for Marijuana Legalization Via Ballot Measures

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