MAPP-SD, a project of Prairie View Prevention Services, Inc., is a comprehensive Methamphetamine awareness and prevention project. 
MAPP-SD is dedicated to:
u   Increase awareness of Meth and the problems associated with its use, manufacture and distribution;
u Provide, at no cost, professional Meth awareness and prevention education to groups and organizations on a community, regional and statewide level;
u Be a no-cost, ongoing resource for South Dakota citizens to deal with issues rising from the manufacture, use and distribution of Meth.

Differences Between Male, Female Brain With Prenatal Exposure to Meth?

Researchers from the Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center, a subdivision of Oregon Health and Science University, report new findings from studies on mice with prenatal and/or early exposure to Meth.   They have discovered mice experiencing such exposure show impairment in object recognition, and spatial learning and memory. And female mice are more susceptible than male mice to Meth exposure early in life.

Now the scientists are setting up a new study to find out if humans are affected the same way as the mice.  They are recruiting children, both those who were exposed to Meth before birth and others who have never been exposed to it.  They will also try to determine if a specific gene, also associated with Alzheimer’s disease, helps determine the extent of Meth’s affects on unborn children.

You can access the MARC news release concerning the upcoming study here.