ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASES EXPLANATION FOR INITIATED MEASURE TO MAKE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR

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1. Bringing the drugged culture from Oregon to South Dakota.

2. This is an attack on Kristi, the cops, and the entire prison system. What will all the cops and prison guards do if we eliminate things as crimes? Lets get a measure if they want to remove a crime, they need to make a new one of equal value. There are a lot of replacements that are valid, we could start with non-traditional hair color, that is worth at least 30 days in jail, maybe more west river.

3. Addiction should not be criminalized

4. This is not just addiction—possession is involved here and not just marijuana, looks to be all drugs or am I read this wrong?

5. Here is the entire explanation—ALL drugs! Do we really want to be Oregon?!

   Title: An initiated measure making the unauthorized possession of a
   controlled drug or substance a misdemeanor offense
   Explanation:
   Under state law, controlled drugs or substances are those placed on one
   of four schedules by the Legislature. The established schedules can be found
   in chapter 34-2OB of state law. These controlled drugs and substances include
   those that have no medical use, some potential for abuse or dependency, or are
   only available by prescription.
   Currently, state law classifies the unauthorized possession of a
   controlled drug or substance as a felony offense. The penalty depends upon
   the specific schedule on which the possessed drug or substance is listed. The
   current maximum penalty for the unauthorized possession of a schedule I or II
   controlled drug or substance is 5 years in prison and a $tO,00O fine. The
   current maximum penalty for the unauthorzed possession of a Schedule III or
   IV controlled drug or substance is 2 years in prison and a $4,000 line.
   This measure re-classifies the unauthorized possession of all controlled
   drugs or substances, regardless of schedule, as a class I misdemeanor offense.
   The current maximum penalty for a Class 1 misdemeanor is 1 year in jail and a
   $2,ooo frine
   File

   1. So what’s the problem? It would still be illegal

6. Who is pushing this trainwreck? Mentele? Soros funded Drug Policy Alliance? SDDP? Drey Samuelson? Out of state Big Marijuana again since they want other drugs commercialized too for profit?

   1. Maybe the AG knows this will affect Kristi’s image as she focuses on the presidential run, in retaliation for her push to impeach him…..that would make a lot more sense than the typical excuse of “Soros or someone from CA”. It also is common sense limited government, people can kill themselves in a lot of ways, why are we targeting just this one thing to criminalize? This is where people get ideas that an object kills people, not the user (guns), and that government needs to control it.

7. If any of you knew how PCS cases were actually handled in SD courtrooms you’d support this measure.

8. Hell yeah, party on Wayne

9. You can’t punish addiction away, but we have to keep feeding the prison industrial complex and provide revenue for our police departments through legalized theft. Red states will be the last to see the writing on the wall when it comes to prohibition.

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