PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — Should drug users in South Dakota be put in prison, or in treatment programs?
It’s a question the Legislature will be deciding in the coming weeks.
Senator Craig Kennedy of Yankton has introduced a bill that would downgrade the offense of drug ingestion from a felony to a misdemeanor for the first two offenses.
Kennedy says putting drug addicts in prison is not a solution.
Governor Noem supports more treatment programs, and said as much as the state’s anti-meth campaign moves into its next phase….
Kennedy’s bill would still make drug ingestion a felony if a person is convicted three times within a ten year period.
(Mike Tanner, KWAT, contributed this report.)
