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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Ind. Law - "Meth on the rise in Indiana"
A very long and informative story dated Oct. 23, 2010, by Nick Werner of the AP. From the story:
Welcome to Meth 2.0.After drawing back a few years ago, the meth tide is gripping Indiana again. More people are cooking meth now than at any time in the state's history, and they are using methods that are more efficient and much more difficult for neighbors and law enforcement to detect.
If Delaware County is any example, this second wave of meth is washing into areas of Indiana that had previously enjoyed relative immunity to the drug. * * *
“There's a variety of ways they (the cooks) are figuring out how to get around the law,” Crawford said.
Meth cooks have essentially outsourced the purchasing of their pseudoephedrine and ephedrine, often to drug addicts, making it more difficult for police to link buys to the actual drug dealers.
The practice is known as smurfing.
At the same time, they have developed a new method known as “shake and bake” or “one-pot.” Cooks have slashed production time and no longer need anhydrous ammonia — the odorous chemical that made meth labs easier for police and neighbors to detect.
“Cooking meth is not as difficult as it once was,” said Jeff Stanley, a drug investigator with the Delaware County Sheriff's Office. “You can do a one-pot in an hour-and-a-half and you can have a finished product of methamphetamine. A few years ago the same amount would have taken you four hours.”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 24, 2010 02:52 PM
Posted to Indiana Law