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marijuana TO POT

By AMY BETH HANSON
Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Bill
Stocker could be consid-
ered the archetype of a
conservative voter: He's a
retired Marine and former
police officer who vot-
ed for President Donald
Trump. But he's also among
the majority of South Da-
kota voters who broadly
legalized marijuana this
month. Stocker, 61, said
enforcing marijuana laws
gets in the way of pursu- Montana Advanced Caregivers owner Richard Abromeit talks about different strains of marijuana stored in a refrigerator at the
ing other drug crimes and Billings, Mont., medical marijuana dispensary on Nov. 11, 2020.
called warnings about the Associated Press
ills of marijuana "a bunch ple in a Republican strong- longer believe. South Da- responsibility and freedom" lives in Sioux Falls.
of baloney" that even peo- hold like South Dakota no kota's values of "personal won out, said Stocker, who Continued on Page 2