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New tool helps track buys, ID meth cooks

September 3, 2010 — Princeton Daily Clarion

Indiana State Police demonstrated Thursday a new web-based investigative tool called Indiana Methamphetamine Investigation System (IMIS) that will track the sale of pseudoephedrine, the key ingrediant in methamphetamine, and will allow people to anonymously alert the police to possible meth labs...

Troy student earns praise for art display

September 3, 2010 — TheWesternNews.com

The project was part of the Paint the State competition, a public art campaign to spread the word about the risks of meth use. Morkeberg’s work, which featured a dummy and a sign that read, “Meth controls your life,” took first in Lincoln County out of six entries...

Anti-meth campaign takes to football stadiums

September 3, 2010 — Billings Gazette

The Montana and Montana State football programs plan "Black Saturday" events to help spread the "Not Even Once" message of the Montana Meth Project...

Only on 12: Mother of burned meth lab suspect speaks out about drugs

September 3, 2010 — WRDW-TV

Now Barbara is speaking out against the drugs that have landed her son in a hospital bed. Barbara says her son Danny loved life, adored his three children, and cared for animals--until meth took over his life. Her home is filled with pictures. Some are easier to look at than others...

New System Tracks Pseudophedrine Sales

September 3, 2010 — WOI

Iowa is cracking down on people who make meth. You are only allowed to buy so much pseudoephedrine, an over the counter ingredient that makes meth, at a time. But people found a way to get around that. Now, that's about to change...

Drug-free awareness group warns of meth’s dangers

September 3, 2010 — JenksJournal.com

A group of Jenks High School students are doing their part this week to educate their peers on the dangers of one of the most addictive and readily available illegal drugs. Three officers from Jenks’ Drug-Free Youth spent part of their Sunday afternoon erecting a display in Building 6 on crystal methamphetamine...

Online system assisting Hoosier meth probes

September 3, 2010 — South Bend Tribune

Some major pharmacies in Indiana are voluntarily submitting information on cold medicine sales to a new online system to help investigators track methamphetamine production, police said...

Ceremony launches recovery month

September 2, 2010 — Parkersburg News

"The center has been here around 10 years. We offer several different services for opiate-addicted folks. We have a short-term detox, long-term detox. We have a maintenance to abstinence program,. We have a regular maintenance program, 1-3 years. We have a 12-week abstinence program for substances like marijuana, cocaine, meth," said Susan Hammond, clinic director...

New Tracking System Means Drugstore Changes

September 2, 2010 — KCCI

Law enforcement is taking a new approach to cracking down on meth makers, which will affect all Iowans...

Medical Examiner: Oklahoma teenager died of meth intoxication

September 2, 2010 — NewsOK.com

The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office has concluded that a Waukomis girl who died after a family reunion in Stillwater was injected with methamphetamine...