Two organizations linked to North Dakota medical cannabis companies have contributed the bulk of the funds to New Economic Frontier, the campaign spearheading the cannabis legalization initiative in the state, the North Dakota Monitor reports. The Secretary of State’s Office announced on Monday the question will appear on November ballots.
Pure Dakota Health, which operates a chain of three medical cannabis dispensaries in the state, has contributed about $247,000 in regular and in-kind donations to the campaign, according to campaign finance reports outlined by the Monitor, while GR Holding OH-ND LLC, a company associated with multistate cannabis company Curaleaf, donated $40,000. Curaleaf operates four medical cannabis dispensaries in North Dakota.
There has been only $130 in small-dollar donations collected by the campaign outside of the $287,000 donated by the medical cannabis operators.
Steven Bakken, chair of New Economic Frontier, told the Monitor that any business, including North Dakota’s medical cannabis providers, would have a chance to apply for adult-use cannabis permits, if the measure passes.
Paul Chialdikas, senior vice president and central region lead for Curaleaf, said in a statement that the firm has helped other states transition from medical to adult-use
