Pubdate: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 Source: Ogdensburg Journal/Advance News (NY) Copyright: 2004 Johnson Newspaper Corp. Contact: http://www.ogd.com/letter.htm Address: P.O. box 409 Ogdensburg NY 13669 Website: http://www.ogd.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/689 Author: Associated Press Note: Best option for printed LTEs, postal mail, signed w/phone# Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine) METH LAB LAWS ALBANY, N. Y. - Penalties would be heightened for those caught making the illegal drug methamphetamine, and for possessing a fertilizer commonly stolen by those engaged in its manufacture, under legislation proposed Tuesday by Gov. George Pataki. The bill would create new crimes of unlawful clandestine lab operation in the first degree, bringing a prison sentence of 6-to-25 years, or in the second degree, punishable by up to 15 years in prison. It would also make possession of stolen anhydrous ammonia, a farm fertilizer used in methamphetamine production, a felony bringing up to 4 years in prison. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin