Quick statistical note, for those of you setting policy priorities based on actual data (from 2007 through 2016): Number of South Dakotans killed by opioid…
Tag: suicide
While the Trump Administration tries to figure out what a national health emergency really means, South Dakota’s leaders should perhaps consider declaring a state health…
In a new Atlantic article on the maladaptation of the smartphone generation, psychology professor Jean M. Twenge says a decline in independent behaviors (which she…
Two ballot question committees have formed to oppose South Dakota’s “Death with Dignity“/assisted suicide initiative, and that initiative hasn’t even made the ballot yet. On…
Chiropractor Fred Deutsch really doesn’t like the assisted-suicide initiative petition currently circulating in South Dakota. The conservative Christian and former legislator continues to oppo-brand the measure…
Conservative Republican and former legislator Fred Deutsch says the “Death with Dignity” ballot measure is all death and no dignity. Rejecting the petitioners’ preferred terminology and claims of compassion, Deutsch…
Bowl of granola, glass of orange juice, and Dakota Free Press Podcast #6—now that’s breakfast! https://dakotafreepress.com/wp-content/podcast/DFP006.mp3 On this week’s show, Spencer Dobson and I discuss Aberdeen’s…
The folks who tried to place medical cannabis on this year’s ballot are gearing up for a petition drive to put two measures to a vote in…
Reading about the upcoming petition drive to place the Death with Dignity initiative on South Dakota’s 2018 ballot, a South Dakota ex-pat reminds me that Colorado…
In October I reported that New Approach South Dakota was planning to petition a “Death with Dignity” initiative onto our 2018 ballot. Last week Attorney…