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Grants for the anti-overdose drug Narcan are among the latest wave of proposed cuts by the Trump Administration. One South Dakota advocate who helps supply it statewide says she’s worried about the precedent it sets.

A new partnership is aiming to fight drug overdose deaths across South Dakota.

A Senate committee advanced a bill that proponents say is a “tough on crime” approach to illegal fentanyl distribution in the state.

House lawmakers are sending a bill to Governor Larry Rhoden that reforms the state’s felony ingestion charge. South Dakota is the only state in the country where ingestion of a controlled substance is a felony.

The House judiciary committee is advancing a Senate proposal that reforms the state’s felony ingestion charge.

With the severity of opioid addiction well known, South Dakota lawmakers are assessing how to best manage the powerful painkillers. Namely, potential new provisions relating to treatment using the substance.

The South Dakota senate is narrowly passing a bill to reduce the state’s felony ingestion law. South Dakota is the only state in the country with a felony charge for ingestion of a controlled substance.

South Dakota is the only state in the county with a felony level charge for ingestion of a controlled substance. A new bill reduces that charge to a misdemeanor for the first two offenses in 10 years.

A bill updating legislation on the drug extract kratom passes the House.

Emily’s Hope is working to put naloxone into South Dakota communities to prevent overdose deaths. A new distribution box was recently opened in Vermillion.