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Bill Introduced to Drop Drug Ingestion to Misdemeanor

Bill Introduced to Drop Drug Ingestion to Misdemeanor

Senator Craig Kennedy Photo: WNAX


Senator Craig Kennedy of Yankton has introduced a bill that would change the penalties for illegal drug use…..

Kennedy says current laws don’t do a good job of helping people with a drug problem…

Kennedy says there are multiple impacts from that severe of a penalty…

Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has said he opposed the change to a misdemeanor. Kennedy’s bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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