Step right up in South Dakota
If you missed the Million Marijuana Marches last week, not to worry if you live in South Dakota. South Dakotans for Safe Access will be sponsoring one on May 14th in Rapid City.

At 3:30 marchers are invited to begin gathering near the bandshell in Memorial Park. The Safe Access Act petition will be available for those who want to sign. At 4:20 p.m., the March will begin, heading south on 6th St. to St. Joseph St., where it will circle the block between 6th and 7th Streets, then proceed back to Memorial Park.

Bob Newland, spokesperson for SDSA, said the march is intended to help raise consciousness about the initiated law petition being circulated. Titled "An Act to provide safe access to medical marijuana for certain qualified persons," the petitioned initiative will appear on the 2006 So. Dak. general election ballot if the group obtains the required 16728 signatures of South Dakotans registered to vote.

Newland adds, "Everyone is invited. Our only purpose in this march is to make the statement that it is immoral to prohibit access to a medicine, safer than aspirin, that has been shown to benefit people in pain or with debilitating and fatal diseases."

More info available at the SDSA site.