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Experts talk about impact of meth on society [CHICO]
    #9061861 - 10/11/08 03:14 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_10694389

Fighting methamphetamine's persistent grip was the topic at a Methamphetamine Awareness Town Hall held Thursday.

The forum, sponsored by the University of Phoenix, brought together public officials and emergency services personnel from throughout the north state, who compared notes on what works, and hasn't worked, in the areas of meth education, rehabilitation, and prosecution.

Keynote speaker McGregor Scott, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, called methamphetamine the greatest threat to law enforcement in the state, and recognized its manufacture and use affects everyone.

He referred to what Oregon called its "meth tax." He said a study done in the Portland area concluded that meth cost each household in Oregon an average of $5,000 per year.

Scott said the startling figure has prompted the state to adopt the strictest controls on ingredients needed to make meth, and said clandestine laboratories in Oregon have virtually disappeared.

Although meth use is figured to be on the decline in Butte County, and throughout the state, District Attorney Mike Ramsey said the number of small labs has quadrupled since 2006.

Despite that, officials say meth is getting harder to find, the price has doubled, and the potency has diminished.

Scott said the scarcity of what pushers call "product" is so severe that many show up at drug deals with up to $1 million in cash, hoping to corner a local market.

Chico Police Chief Bruce Hagerty noted his officers, during the course of routine investigations, made 178 arrests last year connected with methamphetamine use.

Scott said many meth labs can ultimately be tied to Mexican drug cartels, which moved into the U.S. in the 1990s.

He said Mexico, with the help of the U.S., has made giant strides in stopping the importation of pseudoephedrine, a main meth ingredient.

California adopted federal guidelines in 2006, restricting pseudoephedrine. Scott said that has helped, but California still has a long way to go in keeping tabs on would-be meth cookers buying large quantities of cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine.

The experts agreed education is the key to prevention, especially since meth lifestyles are often passed on from parents to children.

Most on the panel hailed drug courts as the best route for compassionately prosecuting meth users, and placed Proposition 36 guidelines a distant second.

Butte County Sheriff Perry Reniff said Proposition 6, a law enforcement funding initiative on the November ballot, will help ensure money for proactive policing.

The initiative requires a minimum of $965 million per year be allocated to police, sheriffs, district attorneys, adult probation, jails and juvenile probation facilities and makes approximately 30 revisions to California criminal law, many of which cover gang-related offenses.

It was recognized that Butte County's Drug Endangered Children program, perhaps the first in the U.S., remains one of the most effective and a model many others copy.

Ramsey called children the true victims of methamphetamine, noting than many rescued from homes where meth is made test positive for the drug just by being around it.

Marian Gage, a health and safety program director for the Butte County Office of Education, said studies show that fewer than 10 percent of high school students have experimented with meth.

Addiction to the drug, according to Scott, often comes at a slightly older age.


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Re: Experts talk about impact of meth on society [CHICO] [Re: Bridgeburner]
    #9062195 - 10/11/08 07:52 AM (15 years, 4 months ago)

He referred to what Oregon called its "meth tax." He said a study done in the Portland area concluded that meth cost each household in Oregon an average of $5,000 per year.

lol meth is costing each house 5k per year.... no

the war on meth is costing each house 5k per year

which is pretty ridiculous if you ask me


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