South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says drug abuse is a growing problem in the state. According to Governor Daugaard, over the last decade alcohol consumption has recovered

 

Governor Daugaard says over the same decade, drug abuse has stayed about the same in the state, but the nature of the drug of choice has changed

Daugaard says Meth use and abuse isn’t as big a problem as Marijuana, but dependency make it problematic

Daugaard says people have an ease in meth production now with smaller batches in smaller places, which makes detection of the meth labs more difficult