Posted on 09/09/2016 6:59:53 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Seizures of methamphetamine soared at the US-Mexico border during fiscal year 2014, accelerating a trend that began several years ago as new laws that limited access to the drug's chemical ingredients made it harder to manufacture it in the U.S.
Meth seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's San Diego field office accounted for nearly two-thirds -- 63 percent -- of all the meth seized at all ports of entry nationwide in the fiscal year.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures show a 300 percent increase in meth seizures at California ports of entry from fiscal 2009 to 2014.
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Lotta Winnebagoes out there.
“...laws that limited access to the drug’s chemical ingredients made it harder to manufacture it in the U.S.”
If the RATS were interested in stopping the bulk of it, they should have pushed for a capital crime law for manufacturing. Getting tough is not part of the RAT agenda...they are purely political cowards.
In our grandparents’ day....
Many judges and politicians (and the politically connected) became wealthy during prohibition.
Are we so naive that we don’t recognize the same situation exists today?
How ‘bout them open borders? Awesome huh?
Some people sure are.
Sounds more like they are trying to eliminate the competition. You can’t have a War on Drugs without Drugs.
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