Replies to post #3084 on Loch Harris (Old)

[capnmike]

d4diddy and arloco, WRONG (or at least lacking significant data, LOL) in my considered opinion.

Precursors have been significant, and remain significant regarding meth "LABS". Legislation has helped (dramatically) reduced domestic meth labs (where domestic precursors are rather significant).

Please consider the following, significant, info (OT) for this OLD board of course. LOL!

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Decreases in domestic methamphetamine
production have been offset by increased
production in Mexico.

Methamphetamine availability is not likely
to decline in the near term, and in fact,
Mexican DTOs can maintain production
levels at laboratories in Mexico necessary to
offset any further declines in domestic production,
to ensure a steady supply of the
drug in established markets, and to facilitate
further eastward expansion of methamphetamine
distribution.

. . .

The eastward expansion of the drug took a particular toll on central states such as Arkansas,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Increased methamphetamine trafficking
in these states (see Appendix C, Chart 2), often in rural areas, is evidenced by a 126 percent
increase (1,601 to 3,620) in reported methamphetamine laboratory seizures and an 87 percent
increase (10,145 to 18,951) in methamphetamine-related treatment admissions from 1999
through 2003. Since 2003 methamphetamine trafficking has expanded farther east to areas such
as southern Michigan, Ohio, and western Pennsylvania.

. . .

National Drug Threat Assessment 2006
Product No. 2006-Q0317-001
National Drug Intelligence Center U.S. Department of Justice

http://www.dea.gov/concern/18862/18862p.pdf

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June 28, 2006 PRESIDENT BUSH PRAISES SEN JIM TALENT FOR METH WORK

Remarks by the President at Talent for Senate Dinner;

I appreciate his work on methamphetamine eradication. He's a leader in the United States Senate. You've got a problem in Missouri, and we've got a problem around the country in methamphetamines. Jim Talent is working hard to deliver positive legislation and decent appropriations to fight methamphetamines. And I want to thank you for your fight and thank you for your struggle. (Applause.)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060628-7.html