Another tragic look at the never-ending drug war and lack of progress as we fight it:
Missouri is on pace to lead the nation again with a potentially record-setting number of meth lab seizures in 2012 . . .
Money quote . . .
"Methamphetamine labs seized by law enforcement hit 1,250 by Sept. 1, according to statistics released by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. With four months of data remaining to collect, Missouri was the only state to hit quadruple digits, with 315 more busts than second-place Tennessee and an almost certainty of surpassing last year's 2,096 total."
And what might be important here is that, while the demographics of the Meth Trade are increasingly diverse . . . Let's not deny the fact that METH IS A DRUG THAT WHITE PEOPLE ENJOY AND DEAL AS MUCH AS ANYBODY . . . So, clearly this State's most prevalent drug problem doesn't have to do as much with demographics as racists have suspected or claimed.
Meth labs seized is a misleading figure to label a state the Meth Capital. While MO may very well be the Meth Capital, the use of this statistic is quite unfair. The stat of Meth labs seized is more indicative of MO initiative to seek out Meth labs. MO LEA are on the leading edge of Meth enforcement, therefore, of course we will find more.
ReplyDeleteExactly. Glad you're alerting people to this. It's the truth.
Deleteyeah, Missouri doesn't have a meth problem at all.
ReplyDeleteA quick trip to Walmart or to quick trip will correct that assumption.
Meth is in every community. Missouri chooses to do something about it.
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