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. 11, 2007

In Georgia/Tennessee - A 26-year-old woman arrested as a pregnant fugitive using an assumed name when she returned to the United States from Mexico pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of conspiring with two men to distribute Meth in Tennessee.  The men have already made plea deals in their cases.  The woman was arrested while carrying about 8-ounces of Meth in a plastic container.  She will go on trial in December. 

In Tennessee - Police found three bundles of Meth hidden underneath a truck after a routine traffic stop.  The Meth weighed in at 2.5-pounds.  The driver, a 27-year-old man, and his passenger, a 35-year-old man, are charged with possession of crystal Meth for resale.  One man also faces an immigration hold because he is suspected of illegally entering the United States. 

In Michigan – Officials checking on why three young children weren't in school found a working Meth lab in their home. Officers arrested three people, including the children's mother, who showed up at the home with more Meth-making materials.  In all, four children were taken into protective custody.

In Texas - A deputy stopped a car on a traffic violation and searched the vehicle.  He turned up nearly $30,000 worth of chemicals and materials for a Meth lab.

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