June 8th, 2008 by jgold454

Assiduous measures have helped bring down the prevalence of methamphetamine and crystal meth abuse in Kentucky. While neighboring states still have a great number of people addicted to these modern club drugs, Kentucky has somewhat seen a respite.
The presence of methamphetamine in Kentucky began over ten years ago, just about the time when the nation began taking largely to this substance. This was when the drug began pouring into the state from various other neighboring states and from the land of Mexico. It took a couple of years for the authorities to take note of this new form of addiction that was sweeping the youth party circuit of the state. This was when the highway interdiction stops and border control police started taking cognizance of methamphetamine coming in through the roadways. This did bring about some kind of control for the substance but only barely.

The problem with methamphetamine is that it can be very easily prepared synthetically with several common ingredients, the main of which is cough syrup containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Several small labs opened up in the state operating clandestinely but producing a significant amount of the substance, mostly the pure form of crystal meth, known as ice.

Now, the authorities of substance abuse in Kentucky have come down very strongly against such meth labs. Knowing this problem, now it has become easier to curtail it. The sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine containing medication over the counter has become severely restricted. Meth lab seizures are also being conducted quite frequently, mostly on tips from neighbors who have educated themselves on how to identify a meth lab.

Statistics on meth lab seizures clearly indicate this development. There were 604 meth lab seizures in Kentucky in 2004 but in 2006, this number had come down to only 200.