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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The South Dakota Legislature is showing strong support for the battle against Meth and its erosion of the state's communities.

On Friday, February 25, Governor Mike Rounds signed Senate Bill 221 - the final step in the move to limit the sale and purchase of products containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine across the state.  Once the law is effective, retailers must keep these products behind the counter and no one will be able to buy more than two packages of these products at a time.  State legislators, the governor and the South Dakota Retailers Association all agree that curtailing Meth cooks' access to pseudoephedrine (a key ingredient in the drug) is vital to the protection of the state's citizens.

Two bills concerning children exposed to Meth are also making their way through the legislative process.  House Bill 1258, revising the definition of an abused or neglected child, has been passed by the House and by the Senate Judiciary Committee.  HB 1258 expands the definition of child abuse and neglect to include any child whose parent, guardian, or custodian knowingly exposes the child to an environment that is being used for the manufacture, use, or distribution of methamphetamines or any other unlawfully manufactured controlled drug or substance.  If the bill continues through the legislature and is eventually signed into law by the governor, children discovered in homes where Meth is used or sold will be under the same protection as those found in Meth labs.  The bill is headed to the full senate. 
And House Bill 1222 - making it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or custodian to permit his or her child to be present where any person is manufacturing, using, or distributing methamphetamines or any other unlawfully manufactured controlled drug or substance. 

Follow the progress of these bills on the state's legislative session web site.

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