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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Two Iowa men ended up in jail when they were caught in Sioux Falls after a drug store security officer noticed they were "smurfing" - or making rounds to different drug stores and buying packages of Sudafed.
The pair was pulled over in a store parking lot after the one who was driving failed to use his turn signal while making a turn.  Police found Meth, marijuana, and 400 Sudafed cold tablets in the car.  An alert store security guard had been keeping a close eye on the duo, saying they had been in the store before buying the same products and were looking over their shoulders while making their purchases.  

Smurfing – describing Meth cooks who go to several different stores buying up the maximum allowed amount of medicines containing pseudoephedrine – is growing in South Dakota for two main reasons.  One: the new state law limiting such purchases to two packages at a time per customer. Two: Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska have more stringent regulations on these purchases, so Meth cooks are crossing state borders to pick up their supplies.  

The two Iowans were not picked up for Smurfing because they had followed the letter of the law when they only purchased two packages of the cold medicines at a time.  They were arrested because of the Meth and marijuana in their car. 

from KELOLAND.com and KDLT.com
 

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