Push Down, Pop Up Even Worse
An article this morning in the Daily Journal in northeast Mississippi reports that efforts to restrict purchase of the chemical components of methamphetamine have caused a reduction in the number of...
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Methamphetamine: One Month in One Texas County Courthouse Opens a Window on...
If you want a snapshot of the current state of the drug war in the American heartland, Grayson County, Texas, is as good a place as any. Grayson County lies about an hour north of Dallas on US Highway...
View ArticleHome Town Bust
Huron, South Dakota, is nothing special. It's a town of about 12,000 people on the plains of Eastern South Dakota. The biggest employers are the meat packing houses, the railroad, and the hospital....
View ArticleJust Say No to Meth Registries
What sort of criminal offender merits the special distinction of being placed on a public registry? Only the most dangerous, or is it the most demonized? Registries of sex offenders began appearing a...
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Methamphetamine: DEA to Create National Lab Site Registry
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced in a press release last week that it will post the locations of known clandestine meth labs or dump sites across the country. The free public service...
View ArticleCan You Smell the Meth?
This story might take first prize in a week already marred by frivolous lawsuits and other stupid drug-related news:A deputy U.S. marshal based in Charleston is suing the makers of the popular cold...
View ArticleWhy Does DEA Teach Meth-Cooking to the Public?
This is just bizarre. I swear, every time I think I'm on the verge of understanding what motivates these people, they find increasingly strange ways to waste our money:Cooking methamphetamine takes...
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Law Enforcement: Utah "Meth Cops" Lose Out on Health Claims
More than 50 Utah law enforcement officers have filed workers compensation claims over ailments they believe were caused by exposure to methamphetamine labs, but none have been approved, and most have...
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Methamphetamine: Cold Sufferers Caught in the Crosshairs
Meth lab busts nationwide were up 27% last year over the previous year, according to the DEA, and state legislatures, prodded by law enforcement, are responding with a new batch of bills to ban...
View ArticleState Drug Warriors Want Prescription Requirement for Sudafed [FEATURE]
Over-the-counter (OTC) cold medicine consumers in a number of states could become unwilling participants in the perpetual war against methamphetamine as legislators consider bills that would require...
View ArticleAnti-Meth Prescription Pseudoephedrine Bills Defeated
State level bills that would have required a prescription for popular over-the-counter (OTC) cold relief medications in a bid to make home methamphetamine cooking more difficult have run into...
View ArticlePush Down, Pop Up Even Worse
An article this morning in the Daily Journal in northeast Mississippi reports that efforts to restrict purchase of the chemical components of methamphetamine have caused a reduction in the number of...
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Methamphetamine: One Month in One Texas County Courthouse Opens a Window on...
If you want a snapshot of the current state of the drug war in the American heartland, Grayson County, Texas, is as good a place as any. Grayson County lies about an hour north of Dallas on US Highway...
View ArticleHome Town Bust
Huron, South Dakota, is nothing special. It's a town of about 12,000 people on the plains of Eastern South Dakota. The biggest employers are the meat packing houses, the railroad, and the hospital....
View ArticleJust Say No to Meth Registries
What sort of criminal offender merits the special distinction of being placed on a public registry? Only the most dangerous, or is it the most demonized? Registries of sex offenders began appearing a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Methamphetamine: DEA to Create National Lab Site Registry
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced in a press release last week that it will post the locations of known clandestine meth labs or dump sites across the country. The free public service...
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