Tighter laws squelch meth labs in Oregon


Monday, November 26, 2007 | 1 comment(s)

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EUGENE (AP) — Homegrown meth labs are quickly vanishing in Oregon since the tightening last year of Oregon’s laws restricting access to pseudoephedrine, a primary ingredient in production of the drug found in cold and allergy medications.

According to Department of Human Services statistics, law enforcement uncovered 587 labs in Oregon in 2001. So far this year, there have been 21.

Since July 2006, Oregon has required a doctor’s prescription for medications that contain pseudoephedrine.

The state’s Board of Pharmacy two years earlier had moved such medications behind pharmacy counters to limit access and prevent bulk sales to meth cooks.

But the number of Oregonians checking into treatment programs has remained steady, as has the number of drug arrests in the state. What is no longer being made in Oregon appears to be coming in from elsewhere.
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Just An Observer wrote on Nov 26, 2007 9:27 PM:

The Oregonian had a good article on the meth situation. It turns out we traded smalltime homebrew meth cooks for the Mexican drug cartels who bring the stuff up in HUGE lots. There is now more meth than ever before! The article referred to the law of unintended consequences being in force. The best thing to do is to legalize meth, sell it to the crankers at full strength and let them kill themselves off as quickly as possible. No more Mexican drug cartels making huge profits, no more problems with Good Joe Citizen getting his cold meds and soon after legalizing meth, not many meth users left...LOL! They kill themselves off with their bad habit and they will serve as an object lesson in what doing this drug will do to you. On the other hand if they don't, then what were we doing fighting the problem with a Drug War that only sees the drugs winning every single time and the criminal syndicates getting rich while we taxpayers pony up for more and more jail space for what is in essence a public health problem as alcoholism is.


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