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.

National news organizations are turning their attention to Meth and various attempts to fight its growth.  The New York Times article, Potent Mexican Meth Floods In as States Curb Domestic Variety published on January 18, researched the impact individual state laws limiting Meth precursors had on Meth use, production, and importation.   The reporter talked with experts in law enforcement, treatment and prevention from a number of states, including South Dakota, Iowa and Missouri.    

The switch over to imported crystal Meth as home clan labs are diminishing does not surprise South Dakota’s secretary of Human Services, Betty Oldenkamp. "You can't legislate away demand," she told the paper. "The law enforcement aspects are tremendously important, but we also have to do something to address the demand."  Users’ steady demand in the face of reduced local supply leads to another health issue.  Darcy Jensen, director of MAPP-SD, explained the risk many users unknowingly face when they switch, "People are overdosing; they're not expecting it to do this much. They don't realize that that fourth of a gram they're used to using is double or triple in potency."

Read the complete New York Times article.

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