South Dakota Statutes

§ 22-42-15 — Ingesting substance, except alcoholic beverages, for the purpose of becoming intoxicated as misdemeanor--Venue for violation.

South Dakota § 22-42-15
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 22CRIMES
Ch. 22-41CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND MARIJUANA

This text of South Dakota § 22-42-15 (Ingesting substance, except alcoholic beverages, for the purpose of becoming intoxicated as misdemeanor--Venue for violation.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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S.D. Codified Laws § 22-42-15 (2026).

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Any person who intentionally ingests, inhales, or otherwise takes into the body any substance, except alcoholic beverages as defined in § 35-1-1 , for purposes of becoming intoxicated, unless such substance is prescribed by a practitioner of the medical arts lawfully practicing within the scope of the practitioner's practice, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The venue for a violation of this section exists in either the jurisdiction in which the substance was ingested, inhaled, or otherwise taken into the body or the jurisdiction in which the substance was detected in the body of the accused.

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Legislative History

SL 1981, ch 182, § 1; SL 1982, ch 180; SL 2001, ch 117, § 1.

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