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Who pays for meth lab cleanups?

lborkowski | August 10, 2011

Jim Salter of the Associated Press reports that many law enforcement agencies are reducing their attempts to shut down methamphetamine manufacturing because they can no longer afford to clean up the labs. Brian Freskos of North Carolina's Star News reported back in May that Congress has generally appropriated $10 million for meth lab cleanup annually, and the Druge Enforcement Agency has administered the funds - but this year, the money ran out in February. Freskos writes: For decades, when police found a meth lab, the federal government funded what was essentially hazardous waste removal.…

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