Pubdate: Wed, 07 Feb 2007
Source: Advertiser, The (Lafayette, LA)
Copyright: 2007 The Lafayette Daily Advertiser
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1670
Author: Alexandria Burris
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN GETS METH BILL PASSED

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelming passed a bill that 
could help fight Methamphetamine production in Louisiana.

The Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007 gives the 
Environmental Protection Agency $1.75 million to fund research on 
meth, help state and local authorities clean up labs and study 
long-term meth exposure to children.

U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La., co-sponsored the bill which also 
gives another $750,000 to the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology to research equipment that can detect meth

A non-existent problem in Louisiana several years ago, the U.S. Drug 
Enforcement Administration said meth production in Louisiana has 
exploded into the state's biggest drug problem.

The availability of makeiodine crystals from horse and livestock as 
well as Anhydrous ammonia in Louisiana contribute to the problem, the DEA said.
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