Pubdate: Fri, 12 Aug 2005
Source: South Delta Leader (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 South Delta Leader
Contact:  http://www.southdeltaleader.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1241
Author: Jeff Nagel
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

OTTAWA CRANKS UP METH SENTENCES

Producers and traffickers of crystal meth will face stiffer penalties as 
high as life in prison, the federal government announced Thursday.

Methamphetamine, sometimes known as "the poor man's cocaine" because it is 
cheap to make, will join drugs like cocaine and heroin covered under 
Ottawa's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. That moves the maximum 
penalty for production, trafficking, possession and importing or exporting 
of meth from a present 10 years to life in prison.

Crystal meth is easily produced in small clandestine labs, often in 
kitchens and bathrooms, but are notoriously dangerous, often causing 
hazardous chemical fires.

Meth addicts are also among the most difficult to treat.
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