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Law enforcement officers and first responders can also be exposed to serious harm when dealing with Methamphetamine users. The illegal drug can cause greatly enhanced psychological and physiological effects. Officers and first responders can expect to find individuals who have symptoms resembling paranoid schizophrenia, delusion, anger, panic, hallucinations, and homicidal or suicidal thoughts.
Earlier this year, law enforcement, first responders, utility workers, and health care workers were just a few of the individuals singled out to receive health and safety warnings as part of an educational campaign to heighten the awareness of the dangers associated with Methamphetamine production and use. Health and law enforcement officials warned that anyone entering a Methamphetamine scene can quickly encounter serious health problems and injuries, including serious burns, collapsed lungs, and injuries resulting from explosions.
Haveman indicated individuals can call 1-800-626-4636 to get information on treatment programs in their area.
"Methamphetamine is extremely addictive, even after only one use," said Michigan Department of Community Health Director, James K. Haveman, Jr. "Unfortunately Methamphetamine users typically don't understand the risks of this drug. They also can't recognize their own need for treatment, so it's important for family, friends, co-workers, and others to work with substance abuse professionals to get the person into treatment."
In addition to law enforcement efforts, key components in the Michigan Methamphetamine Control Strategy are prevention and education, and treatment and rehabilitation.
In 1999, Michigan law enforcement agencies investigated and dismantled 19 clandestine laboratories. In 2000, 40 laboratories were dismantled and in 2001, 120 labs were seized. The State Police have seized 131 labs and estimate they will take down more than 200 clandestine labs before the end of the year.
"Sadly, the Methamphetamine problem that began on the West Coast has spread to Michigan. However, we are not sitting idly by watching the devastating effect this drug has had in neighboring states," said Colonel Stephen Madden, director of the Michigan State Police. "With this new strategy plan, our law enforcement message is simple, 'If you are cooking Methamphetamine in Michigan, it is only a matter of time before you are caught."
"Michigan now has a multi-faceted approach to dealing with Methamphetamine," stated Yaldoo. "Prevention and education, treatment and rehabilitation, and enforcement all play an essential role in our ability to continuously fine-tune an appropriate response to the many problems associated with the production, trafficking, and use of Methamphetamine."
Officials also announced the purchase and distribution of 250 "nurse" tank locks for use on anhydrous ammonia field tanks. The tank locks were purchased by the State Police through a grant from the MDCH Office of Drug Control Policy and are part of the implementation plan of the Michigan Methamphetamine Control Strategy. They will be distributed to farmers in Allegan and Van Buren counties. Farmers in these two counties have been hit hard by the theft of anhydrous ammonia, a key ingredient used to manufacture Methamphetamine.
In a news conference held today at the Wayland Fire Department, MDCH Office of Drug Control Policy director Craig Yaldoo released a statewide strategy plan that focuses on Methamphetamine production, trafficking and use. The plan focuses on six areas of strategic activities: (1) law enforcement; (2) environmental; (3) media and public awareness, including training and education; (4) prevention and treatment; (5) prosecutorial and judicial; and (6) retail. A complete copy of the Michigan Methamphetamine Control Strategy is available from the Office of Drug Control Policy.
Officials from the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), MDCH Office of Drug Control Policy, Michigan State Police, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan, and the Saginaw County Prosecutor's Office announced a strategy for eliminating the deadly and dangerous drug Methamphetamine from Michigan's communities and streets. The strategy was the result of a private and public sector summit held this spring in Grand Rapids to develop a multijurisdictional approach to combat the growing number of Methamphetamine clandestine laboratories and the resulting trafficking and use of Methamphetamine. Hardest hit by the Methamphetamine wave have been Allegan and Van Buren counties in southwest Michigan.