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.

January 19

In Colorado - A judge sentenced a former city councilman to six weekends in jail or work release for possession of Meth.  The 36-year-old man also faces six years of probation and 96 hours of public service.  In a plea agreement, he pleaded guilty to Meth possession.  In exchange, charges of attempting to manufacture Meth and possession were dropped.

In Iowa - A former corrections officer received a 70-month federal prison sentence on Meth charges.  He will also have a $200 special assessment imposed against him and three years of supervised released after serving his prison term.  The 50-year-old man had worked at a state prison in Fort Dodge, until he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 5 or more grams of Meth and manufacturing 5 or more grams of Meth.  He admitted that he had an agreement with his wife to manufacture Meth. His wife was earlier sentenced to five years in prison. 

In Montana - A 27-year-old man was sentenced to five years and ten months in federal prison for his part in a Meth distribution ring.  He said his first Meth deal with the others involved happened when he traded his motorcycle to a co-defendant for 3 ounces of Meth.  It wasn’t long before he has selling Meth for the others.  Authorities say the conspiracy involved about 11 pounds of Meth.  Another defendant was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison and a third received a sentence of just over nine years. 

In Tennessee – A 54-year-old man is accused of teaching people how to cook Meth.  The suspect, who police call the "Meth Mentor", was allegedly teaching younger people what ingredients they needed to make Meth, where to get it and how to cook it.  He was picked up after an alert pharmacist notified police about a man buying an excessive amount of pseudoephedrine.  Officers took down a description of the man, then made and circulated flyers to pharmacists in the area.   When the suspect tried to buy more pseudoephedrine, the pharmacist alerted police who then arrested him. 

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