Senator Joe Biden has an opinion about meth labs that may surprise you
August 25, 2008
If Senator Joe Biden and Senator Obama win the presidential election in January, the citizens of the U.S. will have someone on their side in the White House. Biden has a long history of standing behind legislation to combat drugs in the U.S. and he is keenly aware of the crime and health dangers that clandestine meth labs present to Read more
FL Backpack Meth Lab with TN ID inside falls down from hotel ceiling
August 19, 2008
A woman and her fiancee, who had been staying at a Budget Inn in Pensacola, FL discovered a black backpack on Monday that drug investigators have identified as a mobile meth lab. The woman reported that the backpack fell out of the ceiling on to her head, as she exited the bathroom in her rented hotel room. Curious about what might be inside of it, she opened it and discovered that the contents of the bag included Read more
Summit County Ohio Meth Task Force wants to create a Meth Lab database on the Internet
July 25, 2008
More than 30 meth labs have been found in Summit County since the beginning of 2008. None of them are included on the DEA’s National Clandestine Lab Registry. In fact, none of the meth labs found in Summit County since October 2007 are listed there either, a concern that Read more
New York’s Senator Schumer wants Canada to keep meth out of his state
July 24, 2008
Canada, like many U.S. regions, has been invaded by meth, a highly addictive and illegal drug that has never been much of a problem in the northeastern region of the U.S. New York Senator Charles Schumer knows that could easily change though, if the DEA and the Canadian government can’t stop meth from crossing the border in to New York’s communities. Schumer has asked the DEA to Read more
Proposed meth lab cleanup legislation in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio is unfair to property owners
July 22, 2008
If Cuyahoga Falls city leaders have their way, property owners there will pick up the entire tab for meth labs. At a recent meeting about the meth lab problem there, Assistant Law Director Hope Jones told residents that they are considering making property owners responsible for paying the expenses incurred by the police department, meth lab testing fees, and the building department’s cost to vacate the property, in addition to the meth lab decontamination cleanup that are already placing financial burdens on property owners there and across the U.S.
Jones also told attendees of the meeting that the average cost of cleaning their meth lab home would set Read more
Missouri Sheriff warns citizens not to rely on state statistics
July 14, 2008
In February 2008, 2 meth labs were discovered in Boone County, Missouri. One lab was found in an apartment located at 405 N. Garth Ave., and another active lab was found in the 4000 block of Griffits Lane, northwest of Columbia. Yet, both labs were omitted from Missouri’s yearly report about meth lab seizures.
Four counties in Missouri reported no meth labs. After his county’s meth lab busts were omitted from Read more
The First Global Meth Conference will be held September 2008
July 8, 2008
On Monday, September 15th and Tuesday, September 16th, 2008, the world’s first global conference on Methamphetamine will take place in the Czech Republic in Prague’s Historic City Hall. The Conference will gather together experts from the USA, China, Australia, Thailand, Russia, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, New Zealand, Indonesia, Poland, Iran, Serbia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Great Britain and the United Nations in an effort to find ways to Read more
Cuyahoga Falls Ohio residents discuss who should be responsible to clean up meth lab homes
July 6, 2008
Ohio lawmakers would like to make it perfectly clear who is responsible to pay for the cleanup of clandestine meth lab homes - the property owner. They would also like those same property owners to pay for any costs incurred by the police for their administrative costs. The law they would like to see pass would require a property owner to fully disclose the property’s history to future buyers or renters. Residents in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio recently met to express their concerns about the burden of the clean up costs and Read more
Arkansas needs $1 million dollars to fight meth crimes
July 6, 2008
June 27, 2008 - Washington– U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2009, containing $4.7 million in law enforcement priorities for Arkansas. The bill must now be approved by the Senate, which is scheduled for later this year.
“Arkansas has consistently ranked as one of the top 10 states in the U. S. with the highest number of meth-lab seizures. It is also one of the top seven states with the highest percentage of methamphetamine treatment admissions.” - Jim Clark, director of the Criminal Justice Institute in Little Rock.
“We all want Arkansas’s communities to be as safe as possible. This bill provides the Read more
Washington Senator asks for $1 million to help fight meth
July 2, 2008
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.
Methlabs in America
Not a single thing meth is made from is illegal. Ingredients needed to make methamphetamine can be bought in stores in every neighborhood in America. Profits made by selling the drug are at an all-time high, which only adds to the problem.
