Several bills changing drug possession and distribution laws passed out of the South Dakota House Judiciary Committee last week. Under the bills, possession of five grams of illegal drugs could be considered as intent to distribute.
Committee Chairman, Representative Mike Stevens of Yankton, says the state is on the edge of a drug crisis…..

Stevens says rehabilitating meth users is difficult and expensive……

Stevens says the costs of illegal drugs is being spread across the state now…..

Opponents of those bills said drug distributors are being arrested on federal charges.