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 27

In North Carolina - Drug agents arrested two suspected Meth dealers.  The 32- and 30-year-old were each charged with possessing 19-grams of Meth with intent to sell, manufacture and deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.

In Florida - Investigators following up on a tip went to a home and discovered an alleged Meth lab and small child inside.  A 27-year old man was charged with a probation violation, and a 42-year-old man was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and child abuse.

In Washington - A judge has ordered Cowlitz County to pay $94,000 to a family who unknowingly bought a house where former residents grew marijuana and manufactured Meth.  The county was found partly liable because the Narcotics Task Force failed to notify the health department of a drug bust at the property in January 2004.  State law requires police to report known contaminated property to the health department, which publicizes a list of all contaminated sites statewide.  That oversight, combined with the former property owners' and the real estate agent's failure to inform the buyers that the house had been used for a small Meth manufacturing operation, the new owners were forced to abandon their home and contaminated belongings and move in with relatives in another city.  In addition to the county, the couple sued the real estate company, the real estate agent and the previous owners of the property.

In Oregon – Police seized a half-pound of Meth and arrested three suspects after a weeklong investigation.  Officers also seized other drugs, a gun and about $1,600.  Three men, 33-, 21- and 19-years-old, face charges of drug possession and delivery. They also were held for immigrations and customs enforcement.

In Arizona - Twenty-four people have been arrested or indicted in connection with a Meth ring that had been selling about 2.5-pounds of the drug a week.  Investigators first learned of the trafficking organization last September after people in the neighborhood filed complaints.  Authorities discovered two suppliers were bringing a resident, a 47-year-old woman, up to 17 pounds of Meth every time they came up from Mexico. She apparently sold the Meth herself and gave it to smaller dealers to sell. The Meth they were dealing was was 75-95% pure – as compared to the 60-75% purity of most Meth made in the U.S.  Counter Narcotics Alliance members and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized more than 3 pounds of Meth and almost 4 pounds of cocaine during the investigation, along with two weapons and 10 vehicles, some with hidden compartments.

In Colorado - A 40-year-old man who was caught building a Meth lab in his mother’s house and later found in possession of Meth while on probation was sentenced 14-years in prison.  He pleaded guilty to Meth possession with intent to distribute and a sentence-enhancing special offender charge minutes before his sentencing. He was first picked up on the Meth lab charges when his other called police about a bad smell coming from his room.

 

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