Article: San Bernardino County still nation's meth capital Area remains hub in production despite drop last year, study finds

SAN BERNARDINO -- San Bernardino County remains the hub for the country's methamphetamine production, despite a significant drop in production last year, ac-cording to a report released this month by a multi-agency task force in Southern California.

"We've made some dramatic progress from the all-time high a few years ago, but we still have a huge problem that needs to be dealt with," said San Bernardino County Sheriff's Lt. Lee Hamblin.

The report was compiled by the Inland Narcotics Clear-ing House, which assembles methamphetamine data for the task force of federal state and local law enforcement agencies.

The study, called the 2002 Hammer Report, found that the number of labs seized in ...

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