Methamphetamine__Moonshine_For_The_New_Millinium

Methamphetamine: Moonshine For The New Millinium There was a time, here in the hills of Kentucky, when police and government agents combed the mountains for illegal distilleries used for the production of illegal liquor. The ingredients used seemed harmless and the process was somewhat safe. The product itself, aside from the occasional bad batch, yielded virtually side effects aside from the obvious of being hard to swallow. Some people, in fact, claimed it had genuine medicinal qualities. The liquor being referred to is good ol’ moonshine. The days of the moon shiner have, for the most part, disappeared. Unfortunately, a new, much more dangerous homemade substance has taken its place. Methamphetamine. Methamphetamine is a growing problem in eastern Kentucky that must be prevented. According to a press released issued from the office of Ernie Fletcher; In the last seven years- from 1998 through 2000- the instances of meth labs in Kentucky increased by nearly 3,000 percent-from 19 labs to 579. In the last five years alone, the number of labs has jumped by more than 450 percent-from 104 labs in 2000 to 579 in 2004. meth, methamphetamine, labs, kentucky, drug, production, governor, ernie, children, physical, one, enforcement, being, states, number, new, medication, found, fletcher…, area, united, through, threat, state, prescription, must, laws, involved, according, years, taken, substance, social, several, process