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.

Oct. 5, 2007

In Colorado – Seven people were arrested after a 10-month investigation into an alleged Meth ring operation. They are charged with distributing large amounts of Meth, as well as manufacturing.  While officers were serving a warrant for some members of the ring, they found a Meth lab in a storage shed and several firearms as well. 

In California – A 28-year-old woman faces child endangerment charges.  Paramedics found the woman unconscious in her home after prematurely giving birth in a toilet. The medics thought infant was dead, but hospital employees later heard the baby cry. The baby boy tested positive for Meth and marijuana, but he was in stable condition.

In Oklahoma - A man and a woman were arrested after police tried to pull them over for an expired tag on their license plates. They refused to stop, and led officers on a chase.  When police eventually caught them, the passenger was arrested and the driver took off running.  A police dog caught him in a field.  A search of the car turned up a Meth lab in a gym bag hidden in the trunk.  

In West Virginia - Sheriff's deputies uncovered a Meth dumpsite when they responded to a concerned citizen’s call.  Someone who was walking through the woods came across the materials used in a Meth lab and called authorities.  Among the items deputies found were chemicals, empty Sudafed packaging and a jug full of an unidentified liquid. 

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