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There's trouble in SD and it has a name: methamphetamine. Meth has some other names too: crank, crystal, ice, poor man's cocaine, glass tweak, zip and speed. This addictive, powerful, and destructive drug has a solid foothold in our home state.
What can we do?
Knowledge of the problem is the first step.

 

SDPB Television
SD Focus: "Meth: A Growing Epidemic"

The Shadow of Meth - TV Program

SD Focus: The Shadow of Meth Follow-Up

SDPB Radio
The Shadow of Meth -Radio Program
Dakota Digest Series
April 2, 2007

April 3, 2007
April 4, 2007
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April 6, 2007
April 9, 2007
April 10, 2007
South Dakota Forum
April 3, 2007

April 5, 2007

Methamphetamine affects more than just the person ravaged by their addiction. The story of the meth epidemic in the prairie region will be told firsthand through those hardest hit: the members of families torn apart by this insidious drug, the criminal justice system scrambling to contain a drug supply that seemingly has no end, the medical and counseling professions struggling to find treatment that works, and the first hand stories of those addicts ­recovering and not­ who are living their life one day at a time in the shadow of meth.

 The Shadow of Meth program was produced by a consortium of public television and radio stations in some of the states hardest hit by the meth epidemic: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Kansas City.

Downloadable Brochures
Hoping and Coping      Just Say No

 

 

  
 

Resources:
Shadow of Meth Web Site
Signs of Meth
Background: Rural Meth Awareness Project
Meth Aware
Meth Fact Sheet
Meth Stats
References & Resources
Shadow of Meth: Program Segments and Producers

For more information on where to find help:
Behavior Management
SD Department of Human Services
Keystone Treatment
 

 

 Community Outreach “Workshop in a Box”
For further information or to join the fight against meth by hosting a presentation in your community, contact the Meth Awareness & Prevention Program of South Dakota.

    Contact MAPP-SD at 1-800-343-9272