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US MS: 'Epidemic' In Mississippi

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n154/a08.html
Newshawk: Jim
Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/dv0dxZRA
Pubdate: Tue, 02 Mar 2010
Source: Clarion-Ledger, The (Jackson, MS)
Copyright: 2010 The Clarion-Ledger
Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/cHy7vhe4
Website: http://www.clarionledger.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/805
Author: Gary Pettus
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

'EPIDEMIC' IN MISSISSIPPI

Meth Surpasses Cocaine In Arrests

Unnecessary evil.  Cycle of madness.  Modern-day plague.

That's how law enforcement officials describe methamphetamine, an illegal stimulant and appetite suppressant known as "the poor man's cocaine." This relatively cheap, illegal drug is a physical and spiritual corrosive eating into Mississippi's resources, social fabric, and even its soul, law enforcement says.

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