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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in California discovered $5 million worth of methamphetamine disguised as watermelons last week, the agency said Tuesday.
Officers recently found and seized almost $6 million worth of methamphetamine in less than two weeks at the United States-Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced.
The narcotics were estimated to be valued over $5 million. Over two tons of meth was seized at the border in San Diego. The narcotics were estimated to be valued over $5 million.
Methamphetamine [note 1] (contracted from N-methylamphetamine) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational or performance-enhancing drug and less commonly as a second-line treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). [23]
In 2012, 16,000 prescriptions for methamphetamine were filled, approximately 1.2 million Americans reported using it in the past year, and 440,000 reported using the drug in the past month. [ 2 ] Until the 1980s, the methamphetamine market in the United States was dominated by outlaw motorcycle gangs , namely the Hells Angels .
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town is a book by Nick Reding which documents the drug culture of Oelwein, Iowa and how it ties into larger issues of rural flight and small town economic decline placed in the historic context of the drug trade, particularly the manufacture and consumption of methamphetamine.
More than $31 million worth of meth was seized in a semi-trailer crossing the US-Mexico border in Texas. cbp. Utilizing x-ray imaging devices, officers uncovered 1,859 bundles of meth disguised in ...
The news follows a series of successful drug busts offloaded in San Diego this month, after the U.S. Coast Guard seized over $239 million worth of cocaine from six different smuggling events.