# South Dakota is on meth, and they want everyone to know **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655 "2019-11-19T16:12:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/1 "2019-11-19T16:12:30Z")
> **[South Dakota says, 'Meth. We're On It,' and Twitter asks, Are you guys OK?](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/19/meth-were-it-south-dakota-campaign-working-kristi-noem-says/4236383002/)** > > Gov. Kristi Noem said the goal of the campaign is to bring awareness to the meth epidemic in South Dakota. "It is working." > [@](#): > > Gov. Kristi Noem has a message for South Dakota: “Meth. We’re On It.” > > Noem launched her new anti-meth campaign on Monday to bring awareness to the meth epidemic in South Dakota that will include a new TV ad, billboards, posters and website. The campaign’s motto features the phrase, “Meth. We’re on it,” over an outline of South Dakota, and the ad and posters feature people of differing in ages and races saying, “I’m on meth.” :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/2 "2019-11-19T16:15:08Z")
Wonder what the rejected campaigns were. _Got meth? Finger lickin’ good! Where’s the meth?! A meth addict is forever._ The jokes practically write themselves! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/3 "2019-11-19T16:29:28Z")
It’s a message that speaks to voters on both sides of the meth issue. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/4 "2019-11-19T16:36:03Z")
No need to facepalm. It’s meant to be provocative and get people taking and raise awareness of the problem in SD. Looks like it’s working. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/5 "2019-11-19T16:37:16Z")
Followup campaign: _Cocaine? Fuck Yeh!_ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/6 "2019-11-19T16:55:14Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Wonder what the rejected campaigns were. > > _Got meth? > Finger lickin’ good! > Where’s the meth?! > A meth addict is forever._ > > The jokes practically write themselves! > > 😃 “Don’t Meth With [del]Texath[/del] Uth!” ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/7 "2019-11-19T17:02:27Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > No need to facepalm. It’s meant to be provocative and get people taking and raise awareness of the problem in SD. > > Looks like it’s working. Exactly, this was pretty brilliant actually. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/8 "2019-11-19T17:06:37Z")
So, like 30 out of the 45 people in that state have a problem? ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/9 "2019-11-19T18:01:58Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > No need to facepalm. It’s meant to be provocative and get people taking and raise awareness of the problem in SD. > > Looks like it’s working. Was there anyone denying the problem to begin with? Was there a lack of awareness? ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/10 "2019-11-19T18:05:27Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > Was there anyone denying the problem to begin with? Was there a lack of awareness? This. And what are the intended goals that increased awareness will help achieve? Even more Draconian penalties for drug use and manufacture? I guess I don’t see what the state governor’s point is behind this type of publicity campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/11 "2019-11-19T18:08:33Z")
That’s another fine meth you’ve gotten us into. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/12 "2019-11-19T18:12:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Followup campaign: _Cocaine? Fuck Yeh!_ Everyone at my work is looking at me funny for laughing out loud. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/13 "2019-11-19T18:16:29Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > So, like 30 out of the 45 people in that state have a problem? Actually, if they are all on meth, it’s probably more like 45 out of 30… ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/14 "2019-11-19T18:50:59Z")
I’m guessing the message is “Hey, a lot of people in our state have a meth problem, so it’s a whole state problem. We’re all experiencing it as state residents, whether or not we’re actually abusing meth or not. The solution has got to be that we’re all working towards a solution.” ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/15 "2019-11-19T19:02:30Z")
On a serious note, I’m encouraged by some of the other aspects of the anti-meth effort, as it includes "$1 million for meth treatment services and more than $730,000 for school-based meth prevention programming."1 OTOH (bolding mine): > [@](#): > > A legislative committee tasked with spending the summer studying the state’s drug laws plans to recommend more funding for probation, parole and treatment services, **but not to adjust the state’s ingestion law**. 2 The “ingestion law” makes ingesting a controlled substance a felony, because I guess we can’t let these people forget that they’re criminals? SMH 1 [Governor Kristi Noem launches anti-meth campaign 'Meth. We're On It.'](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/18/gov-kristi-noem-launches-anti-meth-campaign-meth-were-it/4232928002/) 2 [South Dakota Legislature: Lawmakers recommend no change to ingestion law](https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2019/11/08/south-dakota-legislature-lawmakers-recommend-no-change-ingestion-law/2521131001/) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/16 "2019-11-19T19:02:55Z")
My first thought when seeing it? “I’m on meth, and I seem to be doing alright” ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/17 "2019-11-19T22:10:16Z")
The governor stated that more anti-drug initiatives were on the way: “The first step is to crush opioid pills. Then we are going to lick blotter acid. And there is a plan to pound cheap beer”. The governor also indicated that if successful, other addictions would be addressed, including using the resources of the state to “fix sports gambling.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/18 "2019-11-19T22:11:42Z")
As a former South Dakotan, I’m sort of surprised at the need to raise awareness about meth use in the state. When I lived there, booze was the problem. Something about those long, dark, cold winter nights… The real scandal is that they paid a _Minnesota_ ad agency close to a half-milion dollars for this dopey campaign. What’s the point exactly? To drive home that it’s not only stereotypical young tweakers in the big cities who are hooked on meth\*, but also farmers and ranchers in Mobridge and Kadoka? \*well, relatively big cities anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/19 "2019-11-19T22:17:38Z")
As a resident of South Dakota, I’d like to point out that I am not currently on meth. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655/20 "2019-11-19T23:43:39Z")
Been thinking a lot about the movie **Crazy People** today. _Meth. For men who’d like hand jobs from skanky women they hardly know._ _Meth. It won’t just get you high, it will **fuck you up for life**._ Actually, the second one kind of works. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-dakota-is-on-meth-and-they-want-everyone-to-know/843655.md?page=2)