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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On August 18, three members of the President's Cabinet, John Walters, the Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP); Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General; and Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), detailed the federal government's new approach to the Meth challenge.  Several new federal initiatives focus on four core areas: prevention and treatment; law enforcement; education; and management of the drug's unique consequences. The officials say these new initiatives will increase the impact of the extensive work being done at the state and local level and will provide additional resources to those working across the nation to make communities healthier and safer.

The Administration says it supports the development of federal legislation to fight Meth production, trafficking, and abuse.  Legislation may include an individual purchase limit of 3.6 grams per transaction for retail sales of products containing pseudoephedrine (PSE); elimination of the blister pack exemption for PSE products (thus requiring all products containing PSE to be subject to Federal law, regardless of how they are packaged); and, to prevent diversion of PSE shipments for illegal use, a requirement that importers of PSE request and receive approval from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) if there is a change in the shipment's original purchase.

But the White House has not said it would back legislation that would require retailers to keep products containing the chemical behind the counter.  The cosponsors of that legislation, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Sen. Jim Talent (R-Mo.), are not pleased with that ommission.  Feinstein stated, "I am surprised and disappointed that the Bush administration did not endorse one of the most effective tools in the battle against Meth."   Talent called the administration's plan "inadequate" and said it didn't "go far enough to restrict products containing pseudoephedrine."


The DEA also expects to initiate a Federal Clandestine Lab Container Program in fiscal year 2006. Once in effect, the program would entail toxic waste from Meth labs being transported by trained law enforcement personnel to centralized containers that meet all hazardous waste storage requirements.  The containers will then be picked up and removed by DEA contractors.

Information from Los Angeles Times, CBS News, U.S. Newswire

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