Mexican Meth Appears to Replace Domestic Production
Seizures of methamphetamine at the Laredo customs district — the nation’s largest inland port — are on pace this fiscal year to surpass last year’s total by about 60 percent, reaching an expected total of about 1,650 pounds.
The statistic supports the theory that Mexican cartels are increasingly supplying the heavily addictive narcotic in the U.S., replacing domestic meth labs that were prevalent in rural areas only a few years ago. And analysts say that the ease with which meth can be produced in Mexico could help spark major changes in the bloody turf war between drug cartels ...
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Carl Fant via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Is it spicier than typical U.S. meth?
Esteban Perez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Is it better than Heisenberg's stuff?
Thomas Prentice via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Oh, good. Does that mean this unwarranted republican state governmental intrusion into the "free market" by regulation and restriction of over-the-counter allergy meds here in the ALLERGY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD will end? Plus, I thought months had about 30 days in them. The last "Zyrtec" I purchased had only 24 pills. What about the other days of the month? Is that evidence of corporatist greed\ or of fascist war-on-drugd republican governmental intrusion into the "free market". LIFE needs to be deregulated, NOT CORPORATIONS, BANKS or polluting power plants, incluing njukes.
Dale Curry
Thank you for an excellent article. Of all the drugs, meth appears to be one of the most destabilizing and destructive. Prolong use leads to severe psychological and physical deterioration. It's use is the impetus for many users to commit crime in support of their addiction. I am no fan or supporter of the War on Drugs, if for no other reason than it has failed. Like heroin, but even more prevalent, this drug represents a clear and present danger to our public health and our society. The money involved in the production and distribution will likely become another cancer on Mexican society. It is time our society takes a look at the failure of the War on Drugs to effectively reduce the level of drug use. It is precisely because of the War on Drugs that we will face more and more potent and lethal drugs. Just how many billions into the coffers of the drug cartels will it take, how many lives destroyed before we, as a society recognizes our current system does little more than make it more lucrative for the criminals.
Leon Drozd
This poisoning of American citizens has to be stopped!
This reader is opposed to any legalization of these poisons. If anything, our law enforcement needs help in controllling them.
Remember, the doctor's motto is to do no harm. This stuff harms. The fact that this problem has become so severe and has persisted for so many years makes me wonder if our shadow government, our dandy CIA and national security and some in the law enforcement industry, are not somehow involved on the take. Who is laundering the money? Why is this problem so persistent?
Survival of the fittest mentality works in some situations, but greater intervention seems justified when the health and well-being of our citizens are adversely impacted. Where are the days when I thought of the Mexico-Texaco border as one of the great agricultural cornucopias of America with charming towns, villages and people? Am I naive?
Anya Khan
The horror of "crank" could destroy an entire generation of Texans The recovery rate is small land the damage is too high to be ignored. As the US manufacturers get arrested, the Border must be stopped from becoming more of a meth highway.