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NATIONAL METHAMPHETAMINE TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
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Latest news: 11-16-2010
Arrestee drug use study shows increases in methamphetamine use
CA - Adult male and female arrestees testing positive for methamphetamine increased slightly in 2009 after several years of steady declines, according to two recent SANDAG reports. “Overall, arrestee drug use remained fairly stable over the last year - and was relatively low compared with years passed,” SANDAG Director of Criminal Justice Research Dr. Cynthia Burke said. “However, data collected in 2009 do raise some concerns when it comes to methamphetamine use and availability.”
Is tracking pseudoephedrine sales enough?
MO - A database is starting to outline the scope of Missouri’s problems with the sale of pseudoephedrine-based cold medicines to people using them to make meth. But one of the state’s leading meth-fighters says the database is not nearly enough. About half of Missouri’s pharmacies are plugged into an internet database that keeps track of who buys or tries to buy cold medicines with pseudoephedrine. A private company keeps track of the numbers. Past President Jason Grellner of the Missouri Narcotics Officers Association, has seen numbers showing about 87,000 boxes of pseudoephedrine medicines were sold in Missouri, just in October. He calls the number “incredible” and “outrageous.,”
Officers find large meth production site during parole check
KY - Charges are pending after police find a large methamphetamine production site. Officers went to Gilbertsville to check on offender Colton Williams who was out on parole. They found several used methamphetamine generators in plain view. They also found approximately 60 methamphetamine generators, several used blister packs, used lithium batteries, used coffee filters, ether, several bottles of drain cleaner, camping fuel, several cold packs and numerous syringes. One detective said it was the largest production of methamphetamine waste that he had ever seen.
