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US MS: OPED: Meth Vote Was Huge Victory For Lawmen

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n088/a03.html
Newshawk: Jim
Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/4BYyXaZ2
Pubdate: Sun, 31 Jan 2010
Source: Clarion-Ledger, The (Jackson, MS)
Copyright: 2010 The Clarion-Ledger
Contact: http://www.clarionledger.com/news/about/letters.html
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/805
Author: Sid Salter

METH VOTE WAS HUGE VICTORY FOR LAWMEN

The Legislature's rather decisive vote to strike a blow at the supply of pseudoephedrine available in Mississippi for home meth labs represents a huge victory for state lawmen and a huge loss for drug companies and their lobbyists. 

Law enforcement agencies don't really have the political clout or the financial resources to lobby in the classic sense - nor should they have to engage in that nonsense. 

New moonshine? Crystal methamphetamine is the new moonshine in Mississippi.  It's relatively easy to make, the precursors are cheap and readily available at a lot of locations in even the smallest Mississippi towns and the demand for the drug is high. 

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MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart

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