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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In a copyrighted story, the Associated Press reported on September 18 that federal and some states’ authorities are investigating eBay auctions that offered thousand of pills containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine. Quantities offered far exceeded many new state laws on sales of the chemical. 

According to the AP, Garrison Courtney, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Washington, D.C. said "Crooks are becoming more savvy.  They're realizing, `Hey, here's a way to go through a keyboard anonymously, make cash and disappear.' "  He added that the DEA has worked with eBay and other online retailers for more than six months to curtail illegal pseudoephedrine sales. 

But Hani Durzy, an eBay spokesman told the AP that identifying criminals among the tens of millions of listings is difficult, "It's impossible for us to police that and be 100 percent effective.''  EBay may change its policy to ban all sales of pseudoephedrine, but Durzy added that until then, the company has yanked individual pseudoephedrine auctions if asked by authorities pursuing investigations.

A Tennessee-based blogger (pseudoactivist.blogspot.com) said eBay removed at least 40 auctions involving 500 grams of pseudoephedrine after e-mails urging the company to do so.

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