Today in cannabis news: In South Dakota, the state’s governor signs multiple medical cannabis bills into law; high ranking U.S. government authorities and legislators ramp up pressure on Russia to release an American professional athlete following her jailing in the country for allegedly possessing cannabis; and a bipartisan team of U.S. Congress legislators introduce a proposal urging President Joe Biden to persuade the United Nations to lift the global restriction on cannabis.

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