DEA Continues Crackdown on Meth

Methamphetamine use and manufacturing has spread throughout the country over the last several years, leaving a path of destruction to individuals and families that rivals even the most devastating natural disasters. 

The surge of this debilitating drug has professionals in the field of prevention and rehabilitation as well as law enforcement scrambling to end the epidemic. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced last week the results of Operating Brain Drain, which focused on ending major sources of trafficking of ephedrine, a main ingredient and necessary precursor to manufacturing methamphetamine. 

Operation Brain Drain was a 17-month joint investigation that yielded 90 arrests, including five major traffickers, 92.6 pounds of methamphetamine, 2,735 pounds of ephedrine powder, and nearly 1.7 million ephedrine pills, two kilograms of cocaine, 62 pounds of precursor chemicals, 5 gallons of meth solution, 27 weapons, 11 vehicles, two large clandestine meth labs, and $3.5 million in Canadian currency.

Coming just a few months after Operation Northern Star, which targeted Canadian pharmacies that sold pseudo ephedrine in bulk amounts to U.S. meth manufacturers, the DEA claims this latest operation will cut off a major supply of methamphetamine coming into this country.

HBO aired a documentary about meth called "Crank: Made in America" in which several of the people addicted to the drug felt that there was no hope for them to ever get off it.  A graphic within the program claimed that only 3% of meth users actually respond to treatment and remain clean and sober.

"I just kept getting deeper and deeper," says former meth addict Bobby Newman, "I didn't think I could get out."  Thankfully, he did eventually get help through Narconon Arrowhead, one of the nation's largest and most successful drug rehabilitation and education programs.

Narconon Arrowhead is a non-traditional, drug-free program based on research and developments by L. Ron Hubbard and achieves a success rate exponentially higher than the number quoted by the HBO documentary.  In fact, approximately 70% of individuals who graduate from Narconon Arrowhead remain drug free, regardless of what drug they were addicted to.

Newman developed a passion for helping others and, after extensive training and certification, is now a supervisor at Arrowhead.  According to him, "I was fortunate enough to regain my life and now I want to be able to help other people do the same.  Drug addiction can be overcome, period."

To find out more or to get help for a loved one in need, contact Narconon Arrowhead today by calling 1-800-468-6933 or visit www.stopaddiction.com. 

 To read more about Operation Brain Drain and see other news from the Drug Enforcement Administration, log on to www.dea.gov.

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