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> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
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> > . org: in
> > rec.food.cooking
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> > > Same thing in parts of NC and FL. It's the churches.
> >
> > Yep. They can't seem to understand the division of church and state.
> >
> > >
> > > The meth lab thing is interesting. It require anyhdrous ammonia which
> > > is used as a fertilizer in farming communities.
> >
> > Which is readily available here in Missouri. Many of the urban areas of
> > Missouri are impoverished and are rich in farmland/farms. It's a
> > "booming" business here in Missouri.
>
>
> It is amazing...
>
> I know people in law enforcement in central Illannoy, around where I grew
> up, and the meth problem is ENDEMIC. Every week in the crime blotter
> sections of the local podunk noozepapers there is news of meth busts,
> sometimes whole families and even with the little kids involved. These
> areas are seriously and chronically economically depressed, so it's a
> "career" avenue for many...

I recall going to a SEARCH conference in late 2001 and talking to police
officials from that area. They were telling me about the surge in meth
production then.