There is hereby created in the state treasury a special revolving fund to be known as the “drug control fund,” which shall be administered by the attorney general. The attorney general may authorize expenditure of moneys in the fund for purchase of controlled drugs and substances, as defined in this chapter, by authorized agents of the attorney general from unregistered dispensers and distributors. All disbursements from the fund shall be made on warrants drawn by the state auditor on vouchers approved by the attorney general. Any moneys in the fund in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be available for distribution by the attorney general. Upon application by any local law enforcement agency, any drug law enforcement task force or the division of highway patrol, the attorney general may authorize release of any such available moneys in the fund for the purpose of assisting local law enforcement agencies in drug control and drug offender apprehension efforts.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-20B-64

  • drug: means :

    (1) Articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them, unless the department shall determine that any such article is inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or are not appropriate to conditions which exist in this state, and by regulation specifically excludes any such article. See South Dakota Codified Laws 34-20B-2

Source: SL 1976, ch 5, §§ 1 to 3; SDCL Supp, § 39-17-123.1; SL 1990, ch 271.