SD NORML

To answer your question Mr. Hult, YES - YES - YES South dakota's pot laws are WAY OUT OF WHACK. There is only 2 other states with harsher penalties!

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Are South Dakota's pot laws 'out of whack' with the rest of the country's? On Monday, our friend David Montgomery had a story about a couple of ma*****na bills that were set to appear this legislative session. One would let a person use a medical defense against pot charges....

URGENT ACTION: CALL/EMAIL THE HOUSE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBERS NOW! The Medical Necessity Defense Act will go to hearing tomorrow morning at 7:45am

2013 Session - Bill History 2013 Session HB 1227 provide for an affirmative defense of medical necessity for ce...

Families First is investigating how many SD prison inmates have children and what we can do to reduce the chance of family break-up due to incarceration, and prevent the children from continuing the cycle of poverty, crime and drug use.

We believe the outdated "war on drugs" targets the most vulnerable families and should be addressed with serious attention to relieve the suffering of a family for having a loved one locked up and removed.

The effects of our drug laws have b
een concentrated among those most likely to form fragile families: poor and minority men with little schooling and single parents. Imprisonment diminishes the earnings of parents, compromises their health, reduces familial resources, and increases the likelihood of a family to breakup. It also adds to the deficits of poor children, thus ensuring that the effects of imprisonment on inequality are transferred to the next generation. Mass imprisonment of non-violent drug users may increase future racial and class inequality — and may even lead to more crime in the long term, thereby undoing any benefits of criminalizing drug use.

U.S. drug policy has thus, in the name of public safety, produced more vulnerable families and reduced the life chances of their children.

We must address this problem in South Dakota law books and reverse the damage caused by the drug war.

Will you help us bring a tour of film screenings across South Dakota to start a discussion about the drug war and the impact prisons have on families?

The House I Live In - Trailer In Theaters October 5th - http://www.thehouseilivein.org Filmed in more than twenty states, THE HOUSE I LIVE IN tells the stories of individuals at all level...