Cutbacks force retreat in war on meth

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Police and sheriff's departments in states that produce much of the nation's methamphetamine have made a sudden retreat in the war on meth, at times virtually abandoning pursuit of the drug because they can no longer afford to clean up the toxic waste generated by labs.
Despite abundant evidence that the meth trade is flourishing, many law enforcement agencies have called off tactics that have been used for years to confront drug makers: sending agents undercover, conducting door-to-door investigations and setting up stakeouts at pharmacies to catch people buying large amounts of cold medicine.

The steep cutbacks began after the federal government in February canceled a program that provided millions of dollars to help local agencies dispose of seized labs. Since then, an Associated Press analysis shows, the number of labs seized has plummeted by a third in some key meth-producing states and two-thirds in at least one, Alabama.
The trend is almost certain to continue unless more states find a way to replace the federal money or to conduct cheaper cleanups.
In Michigan, authorities still bust meth labs when they find them, but tougher missions like secretly sending officers into the meth underworld have been scrapped.
"They're not actively out there looking for it," said Tony Saucedo, meth enforcement director for Michigan State Police. "And the big issue is money. We have taken 10 steps backward."
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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/10/ap-impact-cutbacks-force-retreat-in-war-on-meth/#ixzz1Vntzl9XY
 
This article mentions my state as being the one with the highest amount of meth lab seizures. They don't understand that they can't stop people and in all honesty, its good that they aren't getting the funding to take these down, maybe it will teach them that their fight is hopeless; that while they may take many out, there are still exponential amounts that they cannot take out. I'm not saying meth labs are a good thing, rather, they are inevitable as long as there is a demand for meth. The government could instead legalize it along with all other jobs and all of a sudden half of LEO's around the country would be sitting on their butts, scratching their heads wondering why they have nothing to do anymore.
 
I dont see why the cops would need to clean the lab, since when did they become maids? O_o
Smells like they just lookin for more dough from the goverment
 
memo to all gov't officials:

attn all officals,
due to recent budget cuts the "war on drugs" shall now be renamed as the "half assed war on drugs"
also, due to recent budget cuts, we are out of paper on which to print this memo so please spread the word.
 
They should probably just rename it the war on pot at this point. Drugs that actually hurt people are all too expensive and dangerous to deal with.
 
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