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. 27, 2007

In Alabama - Police investigating a report that a woman was being held at a home against her will instead discovered a house protected by trip wires and a working Meth lab.  The woman they were looking for was at the house, but she told them she was there of her own free will.  She was arrested on charges of Meth manufacturing.  Police are searching for the woman’s boyfriend, who is wanted on outstanding manufacturing and possession charges. 

In Florida - Sheriff's deputies investigating a tip concerning the location of a woman wanted on drug charges found the 33-year-old in a motel room, along with a Meth lab.  Officers are looking for two other people they believe were involved with the lab.

In Wisconsin - A 40-year-old man pleaded guilty to dealing Meth as part of a drug trafficking conspiracy.  He traveled with co-conspirators from Minnesota to California with large amounts of cash to buy multi-pound quantities of Meth.  They then brought the Meth back to Wisconsin to sell.

In Washington – A 25-year-old man police believe was the cook in a three-man Meth manufacturing operation received a 51-month prison sentence.  He reportedly was the only one of the trio who knew how to make Meth, and would give finished Meth to the others in exchange for them buying the needed pseudoephedrine and providing a place for the cooking.  The others, 38- ad 19-years-old, were already sentenced.

In West Virginia – Officers investigating a shoplifting call discovered a Meth lab in a suspect’s home.  Two men were arrested and charged with operating a Meth lab and exposing first responders to the production process.  Officials have condemned the house and the owner has 20 days to decide whether he'll pay to clean it up before the county prepares to tear it down.

In California – Federal agents say one quiet neighborhood was actually part of an international crystal Meth ring that stretched to Hawaii and as far away as the Philippines.  They allege that one man purchased tens of thousands of dollars of Meth at his home for a Hawaiian resident and Kauai cartel member.  Officials say the Hawaiian suspect flew to Sacramento to get Meth from the Californian.  During that alleged deal, the men exchanged more than $50,000 for three-pounds of high quality Meth.   Authorities say similar transactions were taking place with the Hawaiian  cartel in the Philippines.

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