Dear Editor:

This is in response to the article, "Speed Kills," Feb. 20, 2002 by Joyce Mashburn. She has done her homework, A plus.

Oklahoma could declare the Methamphetamine problem an epidemic. It is a very serious problem. For every lab shut down, one or two more open shop. You might even compare it to terrorist operations. Set up, cook, change locations.

Here are some staggering statistics:

Roughly 11 cents out of every tax dollar goes toward locking offenders up.

60 percent of inmates are in for nonviolent crimes.

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