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MAPP-SD, a project of Prairie View Prevention Services, Inc., is a comprehensive
Methamphetamine awareness and prevention project.
MAPP-SD is dedicated to:
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Increase
awareness of Meth and the problems associated with its use, manufacture and
distribution;
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Provide, at no cost, professional Meth awareness and prevention education to
groups and organizations on a community, regional and statewide level;
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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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April 15, 2007
In
South Dakota Police responded to a call from concerned renters about
toxic materials they discovered in their new home. The tenants of the
triplex home, who had moved in just a few weeks earlier, found the
chemicals hidden in the garage’s rafters.
A clean-up crew was
called to take care of the Meth lab remnants, but the apartment may not be
a safe place for the new tenants to stay in until a thorough
decontamination. Authorities are tracking down the previous renters and
testing the chemicals.
In
Texas A dentist was arrested on his way to his office after
investigators had been keeping surveillance on his home. He was stopped
for a traffic violation, and investigators found a plastic bag in his
possession. Inside the bag, they discovered approximately $1,000 worth of
ice Meth. A search warrant executed on his home turned up glass Meth
pipes, several baggies with Meth residue in them, and a set of digital
scales commonly used to weigh Meth. A 28-year-old woman in the home was
also arrested on Meth possession.
In
California
Deputies arrested a
parolee after allegedly finding more than nine grams of Meth, most of
which was hidden in the engine compartment of his friend's car. The
33-year-old man was pulled over for not having taillights on the vehicle
he was riding in. Deputies searched the car and found 7.2 grams of
packaged Meth in the engine compartment and two grams of Meth and a scale
inside the car. The driver, a 28-year-old woman, was also arrested on
suspicion of possession of narcotics for sale, possession of a controlled
substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
In
New Zealand
While a 40-year-old man was waiting to go on trial for drug charges, he
crashed his car because he fell asleep while transporting Meth equipment
and chemicals in his car.
Another motorist was badly injured in the head-on crash, and the suspect
was arrested on more Meth-related charges. He has been sentenced to 4˝
years in prison, with a two-year three-month minimum non-parole period
because of persistent and serious offending. He has had 20 previous
convictions and has also served time for being an accessory after the fact
to murder for helping a man to hide after a stabbing death.
In
Iowa Three people were arrested and charged with multiple counts of
possessing and manufacturing Meth.
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