80% of Meth in this country comes from Mexico

[DigitalDrifter]

This is why a boycott of Mexico should be of importance to all Americans.

Now having said that, thanks to so many drug addicted asshole Americans, this will continue, and these Americans make not only their own lives more difficult, but the rest of us suffer as well with drug cartels, illegal immigration, lower blue collar wages, the list goes on.

So this is a big FUCK YOU ! to all you stupid dumbfucks who use meth, and another big FUCK YOU ! to Mexico !!!!!

You watch, it won't be too many years from now that there will be many Americans calling for the decriminalization of meth. Mark my words.


Cheaper, more potent form of methamphetamine is on the rise

It started with a scheduled buy. Authorities say the 27-year-old man with tattoos covering a quarter of his face had more than 200 grams of methamphetamine stuffed in his striped, button-down shirt. He had more than $1,500 in cash.

He went to a hotel near Interstate 75 and Shallowford Road to make the deal.

It never happened.

Federal agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency; Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and local investigators with Chattanooga police picked him up.

Armando "Scarface" Campos, of Dalton, Ga., initially was charged with possession of methamphetamine in state court. On Tuesday, Campos was federally indicted on charges of conspiring to manufacture and distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine and attempting to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine. If convicted, he faces from 10 years to life -- without parole -- depending on his previous record.

But what was different about this bust was the drug involved. It was a different kind of meth, a designer form that is more potent and cheaper than the variety produced locally.

Mexican meth or "ice," as this designer form is known, is typically made in superlabs in Mexico, and sometimes domestically. It's not a new drug, but its use is growing in the United States and more is expected to be seen in the Chattanooga area.

The meth that police said they found on Campos was conservatively priced at $200 per gram, but on the street, the purity found in the product could easily bring twice that, according to authorities.

The challenge for investigators is the quantities in which this meth can be produced.

A small, local meth lab might be able to produce a couple of ounces. A superlab can turn 10 pounds every 24 hours, according to a federal Government Accountability Office report presented to Congress this year.

And Tennessee offers a ready market for ice.

The hunger for meth outstrips supply in the state despite numerous lab seizures.

"Local labs cannot feed the demand for meth," said Tommy Farmer, director of the Tennessee Methamphetamine and Pharmaceutical Task Force.

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Meth can be snorted, injected, taken orally and smoked. Tennessee addicts use homemade and imported products from south of the border. Nationwide, 80 percent of meth comes from Mexico.

The number of border seizures of the drug has increased, according to a report assessing the country's greatest drug threats and trends released this month by DEA.

"Methamphetamine prices decreased more than 70 percent between the third quarter of 2007 and the second quarter of 2012; during that time methamphetamine purity increased almost 130 percent," the report states.

A rise in the use of Mexican meth is believed to be behind those changes.

The product authorities say they confiscated from Campos had traveled from Mexico by way of Atlanta to Dalton, Ga., and finally to Chattanooga along I-75.

"The Mexican meth has made it into this area," said Bradley County Sheriff Jim Ruth. "It's definitely a growing problem. It's better stuff. It's cheaper."

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Yet most addicts in Tennessee still rely on a local supply, according to a report issued this year by the state comptroller's office.

Even though Tennessee implemented a tracking system for pseudoephedrine purchases in 2006 and switched to a private system a little more than a year ago, meth labs in the state continue to thrive.

Tennessee ranks third in the nation for lab seizures, year to date. Missouri ranks first, followed by Indiana. Tennessee has remained in the top three for the past seven years, Farmer said.

"[Meth cooks] have major organized smurfing operations that acquire pseudoephedrine from pharmacies to fuel locally manufactured meth," Farmer said. Smurfing is when meth cooks get others to purchase pseudoephedrine to circumvent checks in the database.

The result in the Volunteer State is a problem of huge proportions.

Last year, Tennessee spent $1.6 billion on meth-related costs, Ruth said.







Authorities are trying to combat the problem on a number of fronts.

This week local legislators paired up with lobbyist organizations -- which have interests in keeping pseudoephedrine an over-the-counter drug -- to kick off an anti-smurfing campaign to create awareness.

Over the years, proposed state legislation to require a prescription to purchase pseudoephedrine has failed.

House Bill 368 is set for consideration before the subcommittee of the state Legislature's Criminal Justice Committee next year after it was deferred this year.

"We've said if you want to stop labs, return pseudoephedrine to a controlled substance," Farmer said.

Investigators argue that stopping local sources of meth would save the state millions of dollars in incarceration, environmental remediation, foster care for children and hospital costs from burns suffered when labs explode.

This week, nine officers were injured in Franklin County when they responded to an Estill Springs campground on a domestic violence-related call. When officers arrived, a man ignited the front door of the trailer. He had a meth lab inside.

That's why some authorities say ice cases are easier to work than cases involving locally produced meth.

Because ice is generally produced in Mexico and not here, "we're not concerned with cleanup and all the other things that go along with the manufacture of [meth]," said Bradley County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Wayne Bird.

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In Dalton, where Campos has a listed address, ice is the norm.

"The vast majority of meth in this region comes in from Mexico. Basically if it's in any kind of large quantity, that's where it started," said Bruce Frazier, public information officer for the Dalton Police Department. "Sometimes the meth comes in liquid form and may be finished here in the States, but typically it's made in Mexico and comes here."

Ice isn't prevalent in rural areas where local meth production is high because there's no network of dealers to distribute the drug, according to the state comptroller's report.

But the DEA expects a continuing rise in Mexican meth throughout the country.

The drug has already become more common in the Chattanooga area, according to investigators. Several pounds of ice have been seized in the Knoxville area over the last few months, Farmer said. And the Bradley County sheriff's narcotics unit has turned its attention to ice.

The DEA assessment indicated a shifting meth landscape ahead, with domestic manufacturing scaling back as the prevalence of ice increases.

"Methamphetamine will remain highly pure as the gap between potency and purity continues to narrow; prices will remain low," the DEA report said. "With the inflow of high-quality Mexico-produced methamphetamine, large-scale domestic production will continue to diminish; however, it will not disappear."

Cheaper, more potent form of methamphetamine is on the rise | Times Free Press

 

[SmedlyButler]

Meth is classified as a class ll drug, Marijuana is still scheduled as class l. How crazy is that? The DEA says;

The abuse rate is a determinate factor in the scheduling of the drug; for example, Schedule I drugs are considered the most dangerous class of drugs with a high potential for abuse and potentially severe psychological and/or physical dependence.

Pot more dangerous than meth. I'd like to see one of their scientists justify that conclusion. My knowledge of meth isn't much deeper than having binge-watched "Breaking Bad" but I have heard horror stories about the short and long-term affects of meth addiction. It's not a pretty picture (see below).Anyway I'm pretty much in the legalize them all mode, with restrictions commenserate with the real dangers. The "war on drugs" cost in in human and monetary terms is just not worth it. Right now the war on drugs is financing the drug cartels and not doing anything much to stop the
horrors.

Before and After Meth (5 yrs of addiction)

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Waiting for Nutz and unkotare to come dispute this.
Hello..? nutz,unkotare? Is this thing on?

 

[Katzndogz]

The same people who want pot legalized will want meth legalized. It will break the back of the cartels and either send them into bankruptcy or make them legal meth dealers.

 

[OnePercenter]

The same people who want pot legalized will want meth legalized. It will break the back of the cartels and either send them into bankruptcy or make them legal meth dealers.

What do you want to bet that meth users also drink alcohol.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

The same people who want pot legalized will want meth legalized. It will break the back of the cartels and either send them into bankruptcy or make them legal meth dealers.

What do you want to bet that meth users also drink alcohol.

Probably nearly every single one of them.

But let me guess, you bring this up because since alcohol is legal, then we should also legalize meth ?

 

[waltky]

Aussies catch big meth shipment...

Australia seizes record $682M in meth
April 5, 2017 -- Australian police announced the seizure of nearly one ton of illegal methamphetamine on Wednesday, found in a Melbourne-area warehouse.

The drugs, which police valued at more than $682 million, were discovered in 70 boxes of a shipment of flooring material imported from China. Much of the 1,990 pounds of illegal drugs was found in February after an investigation lasting several months into a Chinese drug syndicate, Neil Gaughan, Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner, said.

Justice Minister Michael Keenan commented, "This is the biggest single seizure of ice [local slang for illegal drugs] in Australia's history. This ice shipment would have resulted in millions of single drug deals, with every single hit potentially taking a life, destroying a family and devastating a community."

Australian police displayed 1,990 pounds of methamphetamine on Tuesday. The drugs were found in a Melbourne warehouse in a shipment of floorboards from China. Police estimated the drugs' value at $682 million.​

Authorities said the drug haul was the equivalent of 9 million separate doses of methamphetamine. Victoria Police assistant Police Commissioner Steve Fontana said Tuesday that 1.7 tons of methamphetamine had been seized since the start of the year in Victoria State.

Sam Biondo, chief of Victoria State's Alcohol and Drug Association, said at a display of the seized drugs, "On the surface, it looks like an incredible haul, but we can't forget that this comes on the back of many other incredible hauls." Two unidentified men, aged 53 and 36, have been charged with narcotics trafficking, and police are seeking two more men in connection with the seizure.

Australia seizes record $682M in meth