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Posts tagged as “drugs”

Haber Changes RV Story, Declares Self Professional Politician, Indicts Wife

When he wasn't getting everything else wrong, Pat Powers managed to add three useful observations to our favorite political undercard, the fading Chad Haber-Annette Bosworth medicine show: Powers finds that Haber, in his fake and mostly silent candidacy for attorney…

Judge: Testing Welfare Applicants for Drugs Violates Fourth Amendment

Some South Dakota conservatives think we should test welfare recipients for drug use. A U.S. District Court judge ruled this week that Florida's welfare drug tests are unconstitutional: Enforcement of the law was temporarily halted in October 2011 after the…

Fracking Increases Drugs, Crime, and Papal Ire

Two reasons to hope the geologists are right and that fracking the Bakken won't expand from North Dakota to South Dakota: 1. The feds just designated Williams County, at the heart of the North Dakota oil patch as a "High…

SD Supremes Overrule Technicalities on Drug, DUI Traffic Stops

The South Dakota Supreme Court issued two rulings Wednesday hinging on the rules police must follow in traffic stops. In both cases, stops for minor violations of motor vehicle laws led to arrests for larger crimes, specifically illegal drug use…

Welfare Drug Testing Costs Florida Money

Rep. Mark Venner (R-24/Pierre) has twice sponsored legislation to test South Dakota's welfare recipients for drugs. S.D. Voices for Children policy expert Greg Boris says Rep. Venner will reintroduce that legislation during the 2013 session (assuming, of course, that Rep.…