Illicit-Drug Fight: ; Meth Cleanup Worries States; Obama Administration Ends Federal Funding
Charleston Gazette › March 28, 2011
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Police and sheriff's departments in some states ravaged by methamphetamine might have to scale back efforts to bust the drug's manufacturers because federal funds dedicated to cleaning up the toxic sites have dried up and departments won't want to foot the bill, several law enforcement officials predict.
The Drug Enforcement Administration announced last month that congressional funding for its Community Oriented Policing Services Methamphetamine Program has been exhausted, and that renewed funding in the next few years is unlikely. The COPS program provided $19.2 million for meth lab cleanup in the current fiscal year.See the full content of this document
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Illicit-Drug Fight: ; Meth Cleanup Worries States; Obama Administration Ends Federal Funding
The announcement left the states most reliant on the funding, including Tennessee, Alabama, Michigan, Mississippi and Arkansas, scrambling to squeeze money out of already stretched budgets to pay cleanup costs that average about $2,000 per lab but can cost as m...
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