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.

August 21, 2007

In Florida – Several concerned citizens called authorities about suspicious activities at a home, and when investigators checked out the tips they discovered a Meth lab. Officers arrested one man on suspicion of several drug charges.

In Colorado - SWAT officers found two young children and arrested two adults when investigators uncovered a Meth lab at a townhome. Officers were following up on information that led them to believe that the home had a Meth lab.  They discovered the chemicals and equipment associated with Meth manufacturing.  The children, both under the age of six, were placed in protective custody.

In Virginia - A convicted Meth dealer received a 27-year prison sentence. The 28-year-old man, a Salvadoran national, will face a deportation hearing after serving his sentence.  He was arrested in 2006 during raids on two homes where authorities seized more than 7-pounds of Meth, two firearms and almost $10,000 in cash. The man’s three co-defendants pleaded guilty to drug dealing charges and received sentences of less than five years.

In Texas - Two men involved in a Meth distribution organization that spanned three states were sentenced to federal prison following their guilty pleas to possessing Meth with the intent to distribute it.  The two, 24- and 22-years-old, were arrested in a major Meth sweep, called “Operation Icebox”, in 2005.  The 24-year-old received a sentence of three-years in prison and the younger man received a sentence of two years and three months in prison.

In California – Drug task force agents seized two vehicles and funds from three banks after finding four-pounds of crystal Meth and a 9 mm Baretta handgun during a search warrant execution at a home.  Three brothers, 30-, 29- and 20-years-old, were arrested on various Meth and weapons charges.

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