MISSOURI LIKE'S TWEEK!!

[nose]

sorry if repost but, i love the chiefs but shit im glad i dont live in that place!!



Meth lab busts continue rising in Missouri



By JIM SALTER


ST. LOUIS | Despite a law making it harder to buy ingredients to make methamphetamine, lab busts are on the rise in Missouri. Meanwhile, the state continues to lead the nation in meth incidents, and by a wide margin.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Tim Hull said Wednesday that 462 lab busts and discoveries of meth-processing dump sites were reported in Missouri for the first three months of 2009, according to an internal report. That was up from 426 incidents in the first quarter of 2008.

No other state was even close. Mississippi had the second-highest number of meth incidents, with 146 in the January-through-March period. Michigan was third with 136.

Missouri has led the nation in meth lab incidents every year since 2001.

"You have to look at it two ways," Hull said. "Is the problem here that much worse, or is the concerted effort of Missouri law enforcement that much greater as far as finding it and seeking out where meth is being manufactured?"

Missouri meth labs also tend to be smaller operations, something akin to the alcohol "moonshiners" of the Prohibition era. Still, the problem remains a big concern. The toxic mix of chemicals causes serious health problems and death. Meth lab fires are common.

And every time the state seems to be making progress, the meth-makers find ways around the roadblocks.

Meth busts declined in Missouri after a 2005 law required products containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine to be placed behind pharmacy counters, limited the amount that could be purchased, and required buyers to show photo identification.

So rather than buy large quantities at one spot, meth-makers began "pill shopping" in multiple cities or towns. The practice is known as "smurfing."

Last August, another new Missouri law restricted availability of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine even further — allowing it to be sold only in pharmacies. It helped for a while, officials said, but the numbers have gradually crept back up.

Some law enforcement agencies and the Missouri Narcotics Officers Association want lawmakers to make pseudoephedrine a Schedule 3 controlled substance, which would require a prescription to purchase it. Meth fighters also want an online system that would immediately track purchases of the meth precursors and red flag those making multiple purchases in a short period of time.

Lawmakers have authorized the electronic monitoring system, but haven't funded it.

"At this time, we don't have a real-time solution to the problem to apprehend these people as they go from store to store to store," said Dave Marshak, a lieutenant with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.

In some cases, pharmacists are taking matters into their own hands. Richard Logan operates L&S Discount Pharmacy in the southeast Missouri town of Charleston. Also a reserve deputy sheriff in Scott and Mississippi counties, he sometimes wears his badge and sheriff's department vest to work. And he no longer sells pseudoephedrine, except to people he knows.

But Logan said smurfing isn't the only problem. Meth manufacturers have found a faster way to make the drug, the so-called "shake-and-bake" method.

Typically, making a batch of meth could take all night. The new method involves chemicals that are shaken in a 2-liter bottle.

"Now, they can make a whole batch in about 30 minutes," Logan said.

A look at Missouri’s meth problem

Missouri had far and away the most meth lab incidents — busts and dump site discoveries — in the first quarter of 2009, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Here are the top 10 states for the number of meth incidents:

1. Missouri, 462.

2. Mississippi, 146.

3. Michigan, 136.

4. Kentucky, 131.

5. Indiana, 130.

6. Illinois, 118.

7. Alabama, 108.

8. Tennessee, 92.

9. Arkansas, 86.

10. California, 68.






Here are the top five Missouri counties for meth incidents:

1. Jefferson, 46.

2. Tie -- Jasper and Franklin, both with 26.

4. Washington, 25.

5. St. Charles, 21.

--- Source: Missouri State Highway Patrol.

[jAZ]

Meth-zur-ah

[LaChapelle]

How loose is the term incident?

[Pants]

[jAZ]

Originally Posted by LaChapelle

How loose is the term incident?

This.

Originally Posted by nose

Missouri had far and away the most meth lab incidents — busts and dump site discoveries — in the first quarter of 2009, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

[sportsman1]

Water is wet?

[LiL stumppy]

4 out of 5 of those counties are on the eastern border,and in the middle of the state, with the exception of Jaspar.And are nearly bordering counties.

[CrazyPhuD]

So I take it Missouri isn't likely to introduce medical meth legislation?

So far my lab remains undiscovered.

[SPchief]

Originally Posted by Phobia

So far my lab remains undiscovered.

The feds are watching you Phil Kloster

Originally Posted by SPchief

The feds are watching you Phil Kloster

They'll never find it. It's in my ex-wife's house - well-hidden in a secret trap door in the basement. It blends in perfectly with the concrete. If you don't know where it's at you won't find it without a jackhammer.

[T-post Tom]

If by "that place" you mean Missouri, then you're spot on. Here in KC, there's a meth lab on every corner. You can hardly walk the streets w/o risk of injury from a meth lab explosion. Stay away, young man. This is no place for a gentleman of your standing.

[teedubya]

Originally Posted by jAZ

Meth-zur-ah

awesome.

[POND_OF_RED]

You think Missouri is bad just imagine living in a state with a police force so lazy they can't even bust 150 tweekers?

[joesomebody]

Yeah, I'm not too concerned. At least they are busting them. Besides, when you think about it, if Missouri is full of tweakers, we shouldn't lose any of our manufacturing/factory jobs. Tweakers can crank out some low tech assembly line work!