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Texas' anti-meth law shifted production to Mexico; prevention and treatment underfunded

At a Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing yesterday, DPS officials said that restrictions on pseudoephedrine purchases dramatically declined after the Legislature required stores to keep the product behind the counter in 2005.But a reduction in domestic production doesn't mean demand for meth has declined, just that the supply is coming from elsewhere - mostly from Mexico. According to the Brownsville Herald ("Officials fear new meth epidemic after record setting bust," June 28), police recently captured a 211 pound shipment of meth heading north from Mexico through the Rio Grande Valley, spotlighting an ironic trend where Mexican cartels have become the primary beneficiaries of the new law:In 2005, Texas introduced its own measures restricting the purchase of products containing the drug's precursors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 10, 2008 (boomark / email).