Kentucky Crystal Meth Rehab Information

Kentucky Crystal Meth Addiction

Methamphetamine use in Kentucky is spreading eastward according to Law enforcement officials. Many seizures have taken place along the ohio river in the western portion of the state, but locals are catching on to "cooking" methods quickly and dominating the mexican imported form of the substance. Over a three year time period (from 1998 to year 2001) the number of admissions statewide into treatment facilities for crystal meth rose a whopping 47 percent. One narcotics officer reported that 99 percent of his cases were Methamphetamine related. The price can very widely across the state from about 50 dollars per gram to about 200 dollars per gram and most of the supply availible is about a 90 percent purity. Many of the labs that have been siezed have only been capable of producing about an ounce at a time using the "birch" or "nazi" (as many officers refer to it) method. This method involves an over the counter cold remedy(psuedoephedrine), a type of ammonia used on farms (that is generally stolen from farms), and lithium that is taken from lithium batteries.

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