Law Working In Keeping Meth Off Butler Co. Streets
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In Butler County, law enforcement says an anti-methamphetamine law is working in stopping meth labs from popping in the county.
The statewide anti-meth law cracks down on the sale of certain cold and allergy medicines that contain pseudoephedrine; a drug needed to cook meth. It limits the amount one person can purchase and allows law enforcement to track sales for suspicious patterns.
Butler County Sheriff Kenny Harden says since the law was passed, nearly 2,000 pseudoephedrine sales have been blocked between Butler, Crenshaw, and Montgomery counties.
He says tracking and blocking those sales keeps meth off Butler County streets.
This year alone, 24 arrests have been made so far because of the law and the Butler County Drug Task Force is currently monitoring the activity of nearly 40 people based on their attempts to purchase pseudoephedrine, “Before this law came into effect, we did not have these arrests. Like I said, some of these arrests have been made, it’s based on where people when and bought the pseudoephedrine to give to somebody to make the meth. Before this law came into effect we couldn’t have done that,” says Harden.
The sheriff also says, right now, there is a minimal amount of the meth in the county, because this law helps them stop production before it can even start.
The Alabama Drug Task Force says meth lab busts have decreased throughout the state from more than 700 just four years ago, to about 150 last year.
