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South Dakota awkwardly declared war on meth. But critics say state's policies inhibit change

For all the ridicule South Dakota is receiving for its new antidrug slogan - "Meth. We're On It." - experts in substance abuse say the most important story is being missed.

South Dakota is the only state that classifies ingestion of illegal substances as a felony, a hard-line approach that has widely been shown to make it harder to break the cycle of addiction.

Even if a user manages to go clean, a

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