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 21, 2007

In Texas - A 33-year-old man was convicted on two counts of Meth distribution, which follows his March guilty plea to three counts of distribution of Meth.  When he is sentenced in November, he faces a maximum of 60-years in prison and a $3-million fine. 

In Alabama - Sheriff’s deputies serving a warrant on a man for a domestic violence charge discovered a Meth lab at his house.  The 42-year-old now faces additional charges of manufacture and possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana.
 
In Louisiana - Two children going door-to-door begging for food led to their parents’ arrests on charges of running a Meth lab.  Sheriff's deputies were called to check on the girls, ages 4 and 6. They went to a mobile home, knocked on the door, smelled chemicals and found the Meth lab.  They described the home as filthy, with feces on the floor, a scant amount of food in the pantry – and a dead dog in the freezer.  The girls were placed in a foster home.  The adults, a 41-year old man and a 26-year-old woman, were arrested on multiple charges.

In Indiana - A 50-year-old man faces Meth charges after officers discovered remnants of a Meth lab in plain sight outside his home.  The officers went to the residence to serve two class-A misdemeanor warrants, but saw the lab remnants when they arrived.  They asked for and received a search warrant.  When they executed the warrant, they found more evidence of Meth production, and the suspect hiding inside the home. 

In West Virginia - A 63-year-old man was sentenced in federal court to 11-years in prison for distributing more than 50 grams of Meth. He pleaded guilty in March to dealing both Meth and cocaine.

In Alabama – A 19-year-old woman who went into premature labor in May after taking a large dose of Meth was arrested and charged with causing the death of her 1-hour-old infant.  She is charged with a class A felony which makes it a crime to knowingly, recklessly, or intentionally cause or permit a child to be exposed to, to ingest, or inhale, or to have contact with a controlled substance, chemical substance, or drug paraphernalia.  The investigation began on the day the woman arrived at the hospital and gave birth to a premature girl.  The infant died an hour after birth.  A preliminary test was positive for Meth; further testing confirmed the presence of Meth.  All medical testing indicated that Meth caused the premature birth, resulting in the death of the baby.  The woman admitted that she had taken a large dose of Meth and began to have severe abdominal pains on three days later. The baby was estimated at a gestation age of 20-weeks when she was born.  Doctors said the premature labor occurred when the Meth in the mother’s system caused the placenta to detach from the uterine wall.  The suspect could face 10-years to life in prison if she is convicted of the alleged crime.

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