Pubdate: Wed, 28 Aug 2002
Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (TX)
Copyright: 2002 The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Contact:  http://www.lubbockonline.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/841
Author: Dana J. Dykes
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1581/a09.html
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

CLANDESTINE METH LABS

Re: The article "Lawmen step up training to battle meth labs" (A-J, 8-25).

As a past resident of Lubbock and currently the sergeant in a narcotics 
unit in a small city in east Arkansas, we have seen the awful power that 
methamphetamine has over its victims. Arkansas is the unfortunate leader in 
the number of clandestine labs per capita.

The dangers in the use and manufacture of this drug have a far- reaching 
effect on all, whether they are users or not. When meth is used, the 
effects are clear. But when these "environmental terrorists" begin dumping 
the chemicals into the ground and water supply, it directly causes trouble 
for everyone, not to mention the explosive risk.

Law enforcement officers desperately need all the training that can be 
supplied to them. The training money in Arkansas has run out and the 
clandestine labs continue to rise. Don't let the "cranksters" win. Everyone 
loses.

DANA J. DYKES/Marion, Ark. Via e-mail
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