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.

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UPDATE

In January, Governor Mike Rounds urged the state legislature to tighten regulations on the sale of products containing pseudoephedrine – a main ingredient in making Meth.  On February 28, the governor signed Senate Bill 207 in to law.

The new regulations include:
For customers:
1 - No one may buy more than two packages at a time of over-the-counter medications containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine as an active ingredient, unless it is by prescription. [Previous law allowed greater purchases if pseudoephedrine or ephedrine were not the main ingredient.]

2 – No one may acquire, by any means, more than nine grams of ephedrine base, pseudoephedrine base, or phenylpropanolamine base in any product, mixture, or preparation within any thirty-day period unless by a legitimate prescription.  Possessing a greater amount of these products will be presumed as intent to use the product as a precursor to make Meth or another controlled substance.  Those who are exempt from this provision include retail and wholesale distributors or manufacturers of the products, licensed pharmacists and licensed health care professionals possessing the products in order to carry out their work. 

For retailers:
1- All products containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine as an active ingredient must be kept in an area inaccessible to customers or in a locked case.  Or, they may be displayed and accessible to customers if the retailer uses an anti-theft device system, including an electronic anti-theft device system that utilizes a product tag and detection alarm to prevent theft.
2 - Retailers must post the following notice where these products are for sale:
            South Dakota law prohibits the sale or purchase of more than two packages containing
            pseudoephedrine or ephedrine as an active ingredient unless sold or purchased with a
            valid prescription drug order prescribed by a practitioner as defined in § 36-11-2 with
            appropriate authority.

3 - Retailers will be required to ask for and make a record of the customer’s identification (Any document issued by a governmental agency which contains a description of the person or a photograph of the person, or both, and gives the person's date of birth, such as a driver's license, passport, or military identification card) including the customer’s name and birth date.   Retailers must keep these logs and send them to the Office of the Attorney General by the fifth of the month, every month, beginning August 1, 2006.

 **Addressing customer’s privacy concerns: No retailer may use or maintain these purchasing records for any other purpose, or disclose the records to any one except as authorized by law to law enforcement agencies when requested for a legitimate law enforcement purpose.  Retailers who release this information to law enforcement agencies in good faith are immune from civil liability unless the release constitutes gross negligence or intentional, wanton, or willful misconduct.

Read the entire bill.

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