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.

Sept. 8, 2007

In Kansas - Someone reportedly set fire to part of a Meth lab in front of a home. Trash also was dumped and burned on the property.  The home’s resident, a 71-year-old man, called police about the fire, but couldn’t offer any descriptions of a suspect.

In California – Probation officers served a search warrant on a 28-year-old man’s home shortly after he returned from a drug rehab meeting.  Inside the home, officers discovered 29.3-grams of Meth, unused packaging materials, a digital scale, a glass smoking pipe – and a drug and alcohol rehabilitation business card that was used to scrape and weigh the Meth.  The man was re-arrested on Meth charges, and two other men at the home were also picked up on suspicion of Meth possession.

In Kentucky – Officials broke up a Meth operation after a long investigation.  Officers served a search warrant at a home and arrested a 55-year-old woman, her 33-year-old son, and an unrelated 28-year-old man.  While police were at the home investigating, several other people arrived at the house either bringing ingredients for manufacturing Meth or looking to buy some. Three of those were also arrested. When police searched the home, they found items and chemicals used to manufacture Meth, including crushed and whole pseudoephedrine, some finished Meth, and coffee filters with residue from the manufacturing process.

In Colorado - Seven people were arrested and about 7-ounces of Meth confiscated during a set of raids.  Officers also seized three marijuana plants, three guns and several knives.  One of the suspects, a 27-year-old man, had a $1,000 contract out on his life.  Deputies stopped to talk with the man at a convenience store and reportedly found a loaded handgun, brass knuckles and Meth in his possession. He was arrested on several charges.  Another man, 34, was arrested after deputies saw him leave a trailer home they were watching for drug activity.  He is charged with Meth possession, driving while his license was suspended, criminal impersonation and a failure to appear warrant. The rest of the arrests happened when officers went into the trailer home.  The five – ranging from a 17-year-old girl to a 24-year-old man – face charges of Meth manufacturing, distribution and sales.

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