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Methamphetamine Scourge Sweeps Rural America
Reuters (via Yahoo) ^ | Jan 29. 2005 | Alan Elsner

Posted on 01/29/2005 10:32:26 PM PST by Mr. Mojo

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1 posted on 01/29/2005 10:32:26 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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. . . of the Franklin County Sheriff's Department in Missouri

You get an hour southwest of St. Louis, and you're in the Ozark foothills, lots of forests, small towns, and it's a HUGE problem. I think rural Missouri must be the worst place in the country for meth labs.

2 posted on 01/29/2005 10:38:29 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (St. Louis)
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I have a modest proposal: the DEATH PENALTY for anyone producing significant quantities of methamphetamine.


3 posted on 01/29/2005 10:38:31 PM PST by montag813
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Need to have the same regulations for meth that they used to have for crack otherwise this is going reap the same whirlwind.


4 posted on 01/29/2005 10:39:25 PM PST by cyborg
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The use of this stuff has reached epidemic proportions in California.


5 posted on 01/29/2005 10:40:06 PM PST by international american (Tagline not convinced.............................)
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To: Mr. Mojo; abbi_normal_2; Ace2U; adam_az; Alamo-Girl; Alas; alfons; alphadog; AMDG&BVMH; amom; ...
This is a huge issue for farmers. They have to deal with the theft of agricultural chemicals and clean up the toxic waste sites left behind on their land.

Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.

6 posted on 01/29/2005 10:40:38 PM PST by farmfriend ( Congratulations. You are everything we've come to expect from years of government training.)
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It's rampant in the "boot heel" of Missouri too and has been for years.
7 posted on 01/29/2005 10:40:42 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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I think rural Missouri must be the worst place in the country for meth labs.

Tacoma WA would give rural MO a run for the money. Even up here on Whidbey Is. the problem isn't insignificant.

8 posted on 01/29/2005 10:41:02 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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80 percent of the methamphetamine sold in the United States is produced in so-called 'super labs' in Mexico or California run by organized crime syndicates which cook up vast quantities.

Ah, another benefit of our "open-borders" policy

9 posted on 01/29/2005 10:41:49 PM PST by montag813
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Sickening.

*starts setting up shot after shot of Robitussin*


10 posted on 01/29/2005 10:42:02 PM PST by rightwinggoth
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Meth users generally destroy the whole family due to credit theft, stealing and high bail costs.


11 posted on 01/29/2005 10:42:07 PM PST by international american (Tagline not convinced.............................)
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YOU betcha!!


12 posted on 01/29/2005 10:42:50 PM PST by international american (Tagline not convinced.............................)
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To: cyborg
Need to have the same regulations for meth that they used to have for crack otherwise this is going reap the same whirlwind.

DEATH for any quantity which can intoxicate 10 or more persons. Then this will stop cold.

13 posted on 01/29/2005 10:43:27 PM PST by montag813
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Most drugs don't originate in this country to begin with so yes this is a borders issue.


14 posted on 01/29/2005 10:43:33 PM PST by cyborg
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For some reason it's a club drug among the gay men in the Village. I've seen the posters on bus stands whenever I go there. Also, out at Stony Brook, some girls take it to lose weight. If they only see what some women look like after taking meth :( I know of one girl who has all sorts of neurological disorders,etc. because of a former meth addiction. It's a SICKENING drug.


15 posted on 01/29/2005 10:46:06 PM PST by cyborg
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The WOD is nothing but a farce and the drugs have won. The DEATH penalty will not fix the problem.


16 posted on 01/29/2005 10:52:42 PM PST by unixfox (Close the borders, problems solved!)
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Yeah, gotta close that California border soon!


17 posted on 01/29/2005 10:53:12 PM PST by TWohlford
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Death penalty? When the average murderer in the USA only serves 14 years?

We've had the death penalty for years... over a decade... for "drug kingpins". As you can see, it didn't work.


18 posted on 01/29/2005 10:54:39 PM PST by TWohlford
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Read a article the other day that stated that of all the addictive drugs....that meth was the "one" that had a extremely low rehab rate......something like only 5% of users can kick it, even with proper rehab and medical. They said that users just can't get off the crap........

With that kind of addictive record of pretty much permanent self destruction one would think this problem would solve it'self eventually.....dang.


19 posted on 01/29/2005 10:55:55 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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Battery Acid! Ooo Ooo I wanna ingest some!


I can't believe people sometimes.


20 posted on 01/29/2005 10:56:49 PM PST by contemplator
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