Methamphetine abuse
The Web site and radio show, Reporting-Ethics.com was originally designed as a way to educate the audiences on different issues. The topics I am making reference to are the titles of each of the site's pages All are being backed up with the latest newspaper articles and links on these subjects.
A recent example was on a five part series of articles on the abuse of Methamphetamine. These were reports that appeared in The Sunday Oregonian. Each going into detail on the different aspects of the delima.
Governor Kulongoski noted in the article "Kulongoski urges board to OK rules against meth", in The Oregonian newspaper. He said, "Oregon ranks No. 1 in the nation in its rate of residents in methamphetamine-treatment programs. More than 500 meth labs have been found in Oregon this year, and meth use contributes to up to 85 percent of property and identity theft in the state". (The Oregonian, Oct 12, 04)
This campaign is over to restrict the buying and selling of two key ingredience used in Pseudoephedrine-based cold medicine. Where the two chemicals are used or cooked into the projuction of Meth. With home labs contributing an estimated 20% of the US production. While the rest is made by Super labs in California. These are then run by organized crime on a Mexican-based drug cartel, with chemicals bought by the bulk internationally or on the US whole sale market.
Then when the narcotics make it to the streets, they are marked up several times by the dealers. Getting the users hooked and creating some return business.
In order for these addicts to continue get what they are after, they usually result to different crimes. The two crimes that are primarily fueled by this abuse are fraud and forgeries.
Both of these are subjects the Web site www.reporting-ethics.com is a dressing. Some of these areas are terrorism, corporate scandals, the IRS, tax avoidance, intelligence, id theft, national debt, economics, most wanted and etc.
To combat this growing problem, there has been a number of states try different things. One in which has stumbled upon a good example is Oklahoma. This can be seen in an article found in The Sunday Oregonian dated 10/10/04, "Oklahoma Sees Positive Results of the Law Limiting the Sales of Cold Medicines." Where their state passed a bill making it a law which regulates the sales in Oklahoma of the key meth ingredient Pseudoephedrine.
The law reads: "it requires that retailers keep cold pills containing the decongestant behind the counter. It also limits the amount of cold pills a person can buy in a month and makes purchasers show a drive's license and sign a log. The law does not restrict liquid or gel cap forms of the cold medicine containing Pseudoephedine." (The Sunday Oregonian, 10/10/04)
The true effects of the bill only had a very small impact, shutting down small labs. But in the process, it has saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. This was in the form of shutting down the small labs and clearing up the pollution problems.
To Reporting-Ethics.com, this is an area in which this site or service is going to address. Accept we are doing it by keeping our audiences on top of the different issues on-line and on the radio. It was this and probably all of the other drugs that are abused that this issue is arisen. Effecting directly or indirectly the different topics of this site. Some of these are terrorism, corporate scandals, the IRS, tax avoidance, fraud, the federal page, business, intelligence, id theft, national debt, economics, most wanted and etc.
I understand www.reporting-ethics.com is a very small service. But with the combination of the site and radio show it might help make a difference. Even if initially it only makes a dent in the problem, then it is a success.
A recent example was on a five part series of articles on the abuse of Methamphetamine. These were reports that appeared in The Sunday Oregonian. Each going into detail on the different aspects of the delima.
Governor Kulongoski noted in the article "Kulongoski urges board to OK rules against meth", in The Oregonian newspaper. He said, "Oregon ranks No. 1 in the nation in its rate of residents in methamphetamine-treatment programs. More than 500 meth labs have been found in Oregon this year, and meth use contributes to up to 85 percent of property and identity theft in the state". (The Oregonian, Oct 12, 04)
This campaign is over to restrict the buying and selling of two key ingredience used in Pseudoephedrine-based cold medicine. Where the two chemicals are used or cooked into the projuction of Meth. With home labs contributing an estimated 20% of the US production. While the rest is made by Super labs in California. These are then run by organized crime on a Mexican-based drug cartel, with chemicals bought by the bulk internationally or on the US whole sale market.
Then when the narcotics make it to the streets, they are marked up several times by the dealers. Getting the users hooked and creating some return business.
In order for these addicts to continue get what they are after, they usually result to different crimes. The two crimes that are primarily fueled by this abuse are fraud and forgeries.
Both of these are subjects the Web site www.reporting-ethics.com is a dressing. Some of these areas are terrorism, corporate scandals, the IRS, tax avoidance, intelligence, id theft, national debt, economics, most wanted and etc.
To combat this growing problem, there has been a number of states try different things. One in which has stumbled upon a good example is Oklahoma. This can be seen in an article found in The Sunday Oregonian dated 10/10/04, "Oklahoma Sees Positive Results of the Law Limiting the Sales of Cold Medicines." Where their state passed a bill making it a law which regulates the sales in Oklahoma of the key meth ingredient Pseudoephedrine.
The law reads: "it requires that retailers keep cold pills containing the decongestant behind the counter. It also limits the amount of cold pills a person can buy in a month and makes purchasers show a drive's license and sign a log. The law does not restrict liquid or gel cap forms of the cold medicine containing Pseudoephedine." (The Sunday Oregonian, 10/10/04)
The true effects of the bill only had a very small impact, shutting down small labs. But in the process, it has saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. This was in the form of shutting down the small labs and clearing up the pollution problems.
To Reporting-Ethics.com, this is an area in which this site or service is going to address. Accept we are doing it by keeping our audiences on top of the different issues on-line and on the radio. It was this and probably all of the other drugs that are abused that this issue is arisen. Effecting directly or indirectly the different topics of this site. Some of these are terrorism, corporate scandals, the IRS, tax avoidance, fraud, the federal page, business, intelligence, id theft, national debt, economics, most wanted and etc.
I understand www.reporting-ethics.com is a very small service. But with the combination of the site and radio show it might help make a difference. Even if initially it only makes a dent in the problem, then it is a success.
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