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.

May 8, 2007

In South Dakota – An officer from the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Department who served an outstanding warrant ended up busting a Meth lab.  The officer searched the 37-year-old man after serving the arrest warrant and found a baggie of Meth and a digital scale in the suspect’s pocket.  That was enough to trigger a search warrant of his home, where investigators found the chemicals and equipment to cook Meth.  The man now faces additional charges of distribution/manufacture of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Information from KELO-TV and the Argus Leader

In Alabama - Sheriff's deputies and Drug Task Force agents executing a search warrant discovered what appeared to be a Meth lab in a camper.  They found multiple chemicals in the camper, but the man who lives in it was not there.  Officers are still searching for him.

In Michigan – A 40-year-old man pleaded no contest to operating a Meth lab with hazardous waste, a 20-year felony, after a co-defendant agreed to testify against him.  He was set for trial on that and another charge, of illegal storage of anhydrous ammonia.  He had an earlier drug conviction from 2002, but the judge dismissed the habitual offender status, which would have doubled any penalties in the latest case.

In California – The actor known for his role in “Black Hawk Down" was arrested after police allege he was using crystal Meth outside of a hotel.  Tom Sizemore is currently on probation for another drug charge dating back to 2004. He was picked up after the person he was with tried to fight an employee of the hotel, was arrested and searched.  The search of the associate turned up a drug pipe, and that led to a search of the men’s car, with Sizemore still sitting inside it.  Officers found two bags of Meth and pipes inside the car.

In British Columbia, Canada – After a four-month investigation, police busted a Meth lab capable of producing up to 60-kilograms (132-pounds) of Meth a month.  Four men – 39, 33, 30 and 23-years old - were arrested. Officers seized a vehicle and several firearms on the site. 

In Texas - An officer who became suspicious of a car parked at a drive-in restaurant made a sizable Meth bust.  The driver, a 45-year-old man, told the officer that he was sleeping after having had too much to drink.  When the officer saw open alcohol containers in the car, he had the man step out and searched him.  The search turned up marijuana in the suspect’s pocket, which led to a search of the car.  There, police found more than 400 grams (14-ounces) of “Strawberry Quick” Meth, $1,800 in cash, and dozens of prescription pills.  (More about Strawberry Quick Meth)

In Illinois – A man out for a spring walk in the woods stumbled on to a dumped Meth lab.  The man noticed a bright blue bag and felt it was suspicious, so he called police.  Responding officers found two tanks inside a duffel bag along with a pitcher, salt and drain cleaner. Reports indicate anhydrous ammonia was seeping from the tanks and battery peelings were on the ground.  Even though it was found in a wooded area, it is not rural.  The lab was found about 200 yards from a baseball field and 100 yards from a residence.  (Learn how to spot an abandoned Meth lab and what to do)

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