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PIERRE, S.D.  — A new law will allow employers to purchase opioid overdose medications. Governor Kristi Noem signed a bill earlier this month that will allow employers to purchase Narcan and make it available for employees or members of the public in an emergency. Under current law, medications used to treat opioid overdoses in emergency […]
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota is seeing a dramatic uptick in overdose deaths. Both the state’s Department of Health and Department of Social Services report that overdose deaths jumped by 27-percent in 2021. That’s much higher than the four-percent increase in overdose deaths nationwide. Officials said 104 died as a result of overdose in South […]