A comment made by a "meth expert" in this article accurately sums up the real problem with the government's ,"Whack-a-mole" strategy. "Once you seem to prevent the problem, then there is a loophole. And once that loophole is filled, another one opens up."
Mexican drug gangs boost meth sales | Reuters: "Mexican drug cartels are sidestepping laws that target the production of methamphetamines by importing new kinds of input chemicals, a blow to U.S. and Mexican efforts to halt the thriving trade.
Meth flooded back onto U.S. streets in 2009, at even lower prices, U.S. officials say, as innovating Mexican cartels made their meth with harder-to-detect common chemicals like phenylacetic acid, used in food flavorings and perfumes." Nov. 6, 2010
Mexican drug gangs boost meth sales | Reuters: "Mexican drug cartels are sidestepping laws that target the production of methamphetamines by importing new kinds of input chemicals, a blow to U.S. and Mexican efforts to halt the thriving trade.
Meth flooded back onto U.S. streets in 2009, at even lower prices, U.S. officials say, as innovating Mexican cartels made their meth with harder-to-detect common chemicals like phenylacetic acid, used in food flavorings and perfumes." Nov. 6, 2010
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