Friday, March 24, 2006
Missouri tops in known meth labs
AP story in The Star today:
WASHINGTON — Some states with significant methamphetamine problems have not received their share of federal money because lawmakers have directed most of a grant program to favored projects in their districts.
Missouri was cited Thursday by the Justice Department’s inspector general as one example of a shortchanged state. Missouri ranked second, behind California, in seizing 11,859 meth labs between 1998 and 2004. But it was 10th in grants received, with $3.7 million. Texas and Illinois were 10th and 11th in the number of labs seized, but 23rd and 25th, respectively, in money from the meth initiative.
Well. If you figure the number of known meth labs in each state by the number of actual households, Missouri leaves the rest of the country - including California - behind:
http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2006/03/missouri_tops_i.html
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