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Blunt's Meth Plan on the Way to President's Desk

By: Roy Blunt
By: Roy Blunt
Date: March 8, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Drugs


BLUNT'S METH PLAN ON THE WAY TO PRESIDENT'S DESK

3.8.2006

WASHINGTON - House Majority Whip Roy Blunt's approach to fighting and winning the war on methamphetamines in our nation's communities is included in the conference report on the PATRIOT Act, which cleared its final hurdle today in the House and will be enrolled by House and Senate leaders tomorrow, sending it to the White House for President Bush's signature this week.

The plan, long championed by Blunt in the House and Senator Jim Talent (Mo.) in the Senate, will strengthen criminal penalties, enhance the regulation of meth by-products, and regulate the sale of the legal ingredients of meth.

"Easy access to common cold medicine is a meth cook's dream come true," said Blunt. "The most effective way to fight the meth epidemic is to make it harder for criminals to get the key ingredient in the production of this deadly drug. At the same time, this legislation ensures that honest people can easily get the medicine they need."

http://www.blunt.house.gov/Read.aspx?ID=583

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