![]() “Do you want my honest opinion? I think it's stupid," Hentkowski said. Because it is controversial that people will have a negative perception or negative reaction or negative attitude and maybe even a negative emotion,” Lane said.Īnd there's definitely some of that to be found in Rapid City. “Controversy in particular has a risk that it will backfire. She says the state is using a controversial slogan to get people talking about the problem. “It’s free, it’s free when people are talking about you on social media and advertising cost a lot of money,” said Vicki Lane, a professor of marketing at University of Colorado Denver. I think it’s clearly a net positive,” Thom said. "You know some of it is kind of mean spirited, the comments, frankly there’s some pretty hilarious and creative memes that are out there on the internet. “It did in 24 hours what we’ve been trying to do for several years and that is, raise awareness of the methamphetamine crisis in South Dakota,” said Kevin Thom, the sheriff in Pennington County. people are buzzing about it from coast to coast. There’s no doubt the state's new campaign is effective. The state's new slogan show's people saying, "I'm on meth," and, "I'm on meth too." Meth arrests in South Dakota have tripled since 2013.īut the state's not ignoring the problem. He is in rehab recovering from his meth addiction - and he’s far from the only one. Hentkowski lives in Rapid City, South Dakota. “Your neighbors are doing it, people’s parents are doing it, it’s everywhere,” Hentkowski said. ![]() ![]() “It touches everybody, in one way or the other,” said Tim Kelly, who lives in Rapid City, South Dakota. It’s in Belle Fourche, it’s in Buffalo," said Bryan Hentkowski, who is recovering from his meth addiction. ![]() “It’s everywhere, it’s in Rapid City, it’s in small-town South Dakota. The state came out with a new slogan last week, and it's got people buzzing. South Dakota has a meth problem, and it wants you to know about it. ![]()
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