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.

July 20, 2007

In Ohio - A 47-year-old man and his 37-year-old wife are charged with five felonies relating to Meth and child endangerment. The couple is accused of manufacturing Meth in their home while their 6-year old son was living there.  The child was removed from the home by children services.  Two search warrants at the home turned up the components and materials for a Meth lab.

In Oklahoma - Investigators are probing the death of a 24-year-old woman who died from burns sustained during a possible Meth lab explosion in June.  She died weeks after the explosion while being treated at a medical center.  No charges have yet been filed in the case. 

In Texas - A 57-year-old Meth cook politely accepted a 40-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to manufacturing Meth.  “Yes sir, I’m guilty,” and, “Guilty as charged, sir,” were responses the defendant made to questions posed by the judge.  He was arrested in February after giving officers permission to search his home, where they found a Meth lab and a syringe filled with Meth.  After receiving his sentence, the defendant told the judge, “Thank you, sir, you have a nice day,” to which the judge responded, “You do the same, as far as you can.” 

In Florida - Police serving a search warrant at a house found Meth and the equipment and chemicals used to make more. Two women, 55- and 28-years old, were arrested. They both face charges of Meth manufacturing and unlawful possession of listed chemicals.

In Wellington, New Zealand - Three people were convicted after police raided a suspected Meth lab in a historic store.  A 40-year-old woman, the proprietor of the store, was convicted of possession of equipment for manufacture of Meth. Her husband, 38-years old, and another man, 36, were convicted of conspiracy to manufacture and possession of equipment for manufacture.  When officers raided the store, they found the lab as well as two 6-year-old girls in the residential part of the business.  The store dates back to 1873.

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