Pubdate: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 Source: Topeka Capital-Journal (KS) Copyright: 2000 The Topeka Capital-Journal Contact: 616 S.E. Jefferson, Topeka, Kansas 66607 Website: http://cjonline.com/ NPR SHOW TO EXPLORE LOCAL METH PROBLEM Half-hour Show Will Focus On Shawnee County. Methamphetamine in Shawnee County will be the focus Tuesday of a program on National Public Radio. "All Things Considered" from NPR News will present a special half-hour, format-breaking report examining the recent surge of methamphetamine use and manufacture in the Midwest by focusing on Shawnee County. The program will air at 3:36 and 5:36 p.m. on radio station KANU-FM 91.5 and at 5:36 p.m. on KCUR-FM 89.3. Sources quoted in the report by senior host Robert Siegel include: • A Topeka Correctional Facility inmate who discusses her longtime addiction to meth. • Shawnee County sheriff's deputies who discuss the work they do seizing meth labs and investigating crimes linked to the drug. • Assistant Shawnee County district attorneys who prosecute meth cases. • Chemists who process meth lab evidence at a Kansas Bureau of Investigation lab in Topeka. • An undercover security officer at a Topeka Wal-Mart who has seen an increase in the shoplifting of items that are available legally but can be used to make meth. • Victims in Shawnee County of repeated thefts of anhydrous ammonia, which can be used to make the drug. - --- MAP posted-by: Terry F