Washington Senator asks for $1 million to help fight meth

Washington Senator Patty Murray, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, has announced that she wants $1 million in federal funding to support the efforts of the Washington State Methamphetamine Initiative. The 2009 Senate Commerce, Justice, & Science Appropriations Bill, which contains the funding she hopes to receive, has gone to the Senate for their full consideration.

For more information, please visit Senator Murray’s website

Georgia Mayor Dr. Walter Sandlin’s son facing meth lab charges

Joseph Sandlin, son of Lake Park, Georgia Mayor Dr. Walter Sandlin, has been charged charged with possession of meth, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and during a commission of a crime, and possession of tools for a crime by the Echols County Sheriff’s department.

Inside his car, Echols County Sheriff’s Deputy’s found Read more

Missouri Governor Blunt wants meth cooks to shop somewhere else

Governor Blunt is on a mission. A mission to drive meth cooks out of Missouri! By signing Senate Bill 724, he has helped to make it harder for meth cooks to buy pseudoephedrine containing products.

Any purchase of pseudoephedrine in Missouri by an individual will now be entered in to an online database by pharmacists all over the state of Missouri. The database will enable pharmacists to see in real-time the Read more

Illinois Meth Lab Registry on the Hot Seat

Illinois taxpayers feel that their state’s clandestine meth lab registry is a waste of taxpayer dollars. Personally, I think Illinois is moving in the right direction, although there are some definite improvements can be made to the Registry. What Illinois’ taxpayers may not realize is that the problem is not limited to the state of Illinois. It is a nationwide problem. Read more

Meth lab homes in Ohio may be changing

Councilwoman Christine Croce has introduced legislation that seeks to provide some protection to home buyers. She wants anyone who owns a home or rental property that was once used as a meth lab to record that information on a city form, a form that would be given to a new buyer. If her legislation gets passed, Read more

Hillary Clinton planned to address MethLab problem

Hillary Clinton’s had a plan to address the problem of meth labs if she were elected President of the United States. Here is a synopsis of her plan as it was posted on www.hillaryclinton.com.

Break the supply chain for illicit meth labs by:

Curbing international supply. Hillary will direct her U.S. Trade Representative, Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and Secretary of Homeland Security to work with Mexico and other foreign governments to improve regulation and policing of worldwide trade and smuggling of these meth precursors, building on progress over the last few years.

Curbing domestic manufacturing. Here at home, Hillary will give law enforcement the tools it Read more

Meth Lab Homes in South Carolina

South Carolina, September 2007 - “Since 2001, nearly 900 meth labs have been discovered in South Carolina — in houses, motel rooms, apartments, sheds and private vehicles, according to local law enforcement officials and federal drug agents. The S.C. Department of Health and Read more