Sunday, March 2, 2008

Coffee Meth Myth?

9,935
Methamphetamine labs seized in the United States in 2004, according to the National Drug Intelligence Center's National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment 2008.

2,107
Methamphetamine labs seized in the United States in 2007.

From 2004 through 2006, domestic law enforcement agencies reported that meth as the greatest drug threat they faced. In 2007, cocaine reclaimed first place -- 40.1 percent of law enforcement agencies said cocaine was the greatest drug threat they faced in 2007; 35.0 percent said meth.

Which drug poses the greatest threat to generally law-abiding coffee drinkers? Last year, at least two TV stations ran news stories saying that mini-coffee pots in hotel rooms were sometimes being used to cook crystal meth. It reeked of an urban myth to me, so I decided to do some investigating and interviewing. I was surprised with what I learned. This is the subject of my INeedCoffee article this month, Coffee Meth Myth?

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