HELPING TO ADDRESS THE HARMFUL AFFECTS OF METH LABS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 17, 2007 ;     551 words ......the number of methamphetamine labs ("meth labs") operating in the United States over...located, is a cause for serious concern. Meth labs are used to manufacture the illegal and...contamination hazards associated with meth labs, Congress recently adopted the Methamphetamine...

K-STATE PROFESSOR USES GEOGRAPHY, GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY TO STUDY PATTERNS...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......describe the spatial patterns of seized meth labs in an area of Colorado and parts of Kansas...looking at county-level distribution of meth labs in mostly rural areas of Kansas. "We...explain the distribution patterns of seized meth labs, and to contribute to our understanding...

Kansas State Professor Uses Geography and Geospatial Technology toStudy...

U.S. Newswire;  September 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......describe the spatial patterns of seized meth labs in an area of Colorado and parts of Kansas...looking at county-level distribution of meth labs in mostly rural areas of Kansas. "We...explain the distribution patterns of seized meth labs, and to contribute to our understanding...

AID SOUGHT TO FIGHT PIERCE CO. METH LABS.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 23, 2000 ;     432 words ......third nationally in the number of meth labs raided by police last year. The state Department of Ecology reported 789 meth labs in the state last year and 318 of...controlling the proliferation of meth labs, Casada said. ``Illegal meth labs...

HOUSE PASSES REP. BERKLEY-BACKED BILL TO HELP COMMUNITIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 8, 2007 ;     467 words ......live and work. Dealing with makeshift meth labs is dangerous, costly and time consuming...address the problems created by leftover meth labs," said Berkley. The provisions of H.R...localities involved in the clean-up of meth labs. In addition, H.R. 365 authorizes the...

Calls Start Coming In on Meth Labs

Albuquerque Journal;  January 8, 2005 ;     240 words ......his call for community help in finding meth labs. Chavez on Thursday announced his "meth...eight of them were very solid tips about meth labs," Chavez said. Detectives are investigating...the community who are trained to detect meth labs and report back to police. With this...

REP. MITCHELL, HOUSE WORK TO CLEAN UP METH LABS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 7, 2007 ;     324 words ......Properly cleaning dangerous residue from meth labs is critical to maintaining safe homes...dangerous chemicals. "We all know how harmful meth labs are to the security of a neighborhood...forward to fighting the harmful effects of meth labs." The legislation authorizes $1.75 million...

Bruning: Meth labs down due to LB117.

Columbus Telegram (Columbus, NE);  October 11, 2006 ;     551 words ......success in the fight against domestic meth labs because of recent state anti-meth legislation...said, the recent reduction of domestic meth labs will reduce the exposure of neighborhoods...the hazardous environments created by meth labs. Law enforcement does not have to take...

State agencies help to rid Minnesota of hidden meth labs

University Wire;  November 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ......close and clean up methamphetamine -- or meth -- labs across Minnesota. They have also developed...policies and procedures for dealing with meth labs. For example, Police Chief Gary Smith...familiar with identifying and cleaning up meth labs. Grand Island was designated the Meth...

Meth labs' potential for disaster

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 10, 2006 ;     540 words ......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-10-2006 Meth labs' potential for disaster -- DEA officials...That's what could happen in makeshift meth labs, where untrained amateurs mix toxic...first responders identify small, toxic meth labs so they can make cautious decisions when...

INHOFE ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COMBAT METH LABS

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  April 28, 2000 ;     344 words ......ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COMBAT METH LABS WASHINGTON-U.S. Sen. James M. Inhofe...high cost of illegal methamphetamine (meth) labs. Inhofe has been working with other Congressional...such funding. With record numbers of meth labs seized across the state, Oklahoma is...

METH LABS MULTIPLY CLANDESTINE DRUG OPERATIONS, SMALLER AND MORE MOBILE,...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 7, 2001 ;     449 words ......began discovering significant numbers of meth labs a decade ago in trailer homes and abandoned...say. Statewide, police shut down 1,449 meth labs last year - nearly twice as many as in...quickly, Hutchison said. The number of meth labs found in King County has soared since...

NEW LAW MAKING A DENT IN METH LABS, SAYS ATTORNEY GENERAL COOPER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 3, 2006 ;     506 words ......General issued the following news release: Meth labs are down in North Carolina since the...Investigation, which responds to all meth labs discovered in North Carolina, meth lab...year ago. SBI agents responded to 40 meth labs in March of 2005 compared to 14 in March...

Record number of meth labs seized in county; Several children in Dubuque...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  January 8, 2005 ;     578 words ......statewide statistics, a record number of meth labs were shut down in Dubuque County during...Iowa, police agencies busted 75 more meth labs in 2004 compared to the previous record...ranks second in the nation for the most meth labs per capita, according to Van Haaften...

[ Record number of meth labs seized ]

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  August 26, 2001 ;     433 words ...Record number of meth labs seized By Tim Hrenchir The Capital...report they have already seized 36 meth labs each, for a total of 72. Law enforcement...job of alerting police to potential meth labs, while officers are getting better...