Meth seizers, addicted babies rising

http://seattle.suntimes.com/sea-news/7/79/169619/meth-addicted-babies-rising

Apparently the cartels are pretty sophisticated… and like any smart business organization.. when demand is up … you increase production.. and like any retail establishment… you can expect a certain per-cent “shrinkage” of inventory.. and just think… Congress created this black market with the Harrison Narcotic Act and now they are  successfully busy trying to deal with the black market they created… kind of reminds you a a Rube Goldberg apparatus https://www.rubegoldberg.com or at least the closest anyone has come to creating a perpetual motion machine

Federal agents have seized more methamphetamine than they have in at least 12 years, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Northwest field office said.

The increase in meth seizures accompanies an increase in babies born with meth addiction, according to King5.com.

The Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent is treating seven babies with meth addiction.“I was stunned,” said Barb Drennen, the center’s executive director.

Last year, they treated 48 meth babies, compared to 23 babies in 2013 and 13 babies in 2012.

Agents have seized approximately 400 pounds of methamphetamine so far this year. The year before they only got their hands on 388 pounds.

The meth which enters Western Washington is produced and smuggled in by Mexican drug cartels, according to Doug James, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Seattle office.

Cartels have used U.S. law enforcement’s cracked down on domestic meth labs to push their own product. Nearly a decade ago, people used to make meth in kitchens and garages with chemicals from the hardware store.

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