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METH: A constant battle, 'a huge problem'

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a four-part series chronicling methamphetamine use on the Yankton Sioux Tribe Reservation in south-central South Dakota. Earlier this year, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley proclaimed South Dakota is under a methamphetamine epidemic, and the Department of Justice has reported that Native Americans have the highest rates of meth abuse in the nation.

YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE RESERVATION — Almost three years after forming its own, independent police force, law enforcement on the Yankton Sioux Tribe has identified one issue that stands out from the rest.

That's the prevalence of methamphetamine.

http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/4088909-meth-constant-battle-huge-problem

 

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