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South Dakota Legislative Committee Proposes More Drug Treatment Options

South Dakota Legislative Committee Proposes More Drug Treatment Options

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An interim South Dakota legislative committee studying illegal drugs decided more treatment options are needed but kept drug ingestion as a felony.
Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg says he told the committee that dropping ingestion to a misdemeanor wouldn’t slow the spread of drugs…<a href="https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/jason-ravnsborg-1114a-

Ravnsborg says more treatment options has to be a priority..<a href="https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/jason-ravnsborg-1114b

Ravnsborg says the Department of Corrections is short of probation officers…<a href="https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/jason-ravnsborg-1114c

Ravnsborg says he wished legislators would pay as much attention to meth as they are to hemp.

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