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MAPP-SD, a project of Prairie View Prevention Services, Inc., is a comprehensive
Methamphetamine awareness and prevention project.
MAPP-SD is dedicated to:
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Increase
awareness of Meth and the problems associated with its use, manufacture and
distribution;
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Provide, at no cost, professional Meth awareness and prevention education to
groups and organizations on a community, regional and statewide level;
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Be a no-cost, ongoing resource for South Dakota citizens to deal with issues
rising from the manufacture, use and distribution of Meth.
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Ingredients in Meth
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Would you swallow a spoonful of drain cleaner? Does the thought of
injecting brake fluid into your arm appeal to you? Care to top off your
dessert with a bit of rat poison?
These are just a few
of the common ingredients in Meth. One reason behind the explosive growth
in Meth labs is the availability of the components. When users smoke,
inject or drink Meth, this is what they are sending to their brain,
cardiovascular system and throughout their bodies:
Some Common Meth Ingredients
Alcohol -
Gasoline additives/Rubbing Alcohol
Ether (starting fluid)
Benzene
Paint thinner
Freon
Acetone
Chloroform
Camp stove fuel
Anhydrous ammonia
White gasoline
Pheynl-2-Propane
Phenylacetone
Phenylpropanolamine
Rock, table or Epsom salt |
Red Phosphorous
Toluene (found in
brake
cleaner)
Red Devil Lye
Drain cleaner
Muraitic acid
Battery acid
Lithium from batteries
Sodium metal
Ephedrine
Cold tablets
Diet aids
Iodine
Bronchodialators
Energy boosters
Iodine crystals |
Lab equipment -
including tubing, unmarked Mason jars with tubes attached, stained coffee
filters, 2-liter pop bottles, blenders, camera batteries, wooden matches,
propane cylinders and hot plates - are tip offs to the production of Meth.
Individually, each
product is legal and useful. But when mixed together and processed, the
results are deadly - to the producer, user and innocent bystanders.
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Some Common Meth Ingredients Include:
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