illegal drugs,meth

[transman004]

Hello NH Residents,
Is there a problem with illegal drugs in NH? One known as "meth", or "crystal meth"?

[Kat Kanning]

I haven't seen anyone do illegal drugs in NH at all.  /shrug

[AlanM]

I haven't seen anyone do illegal drugs in NH at all.  /shrug

That's because you don't live in the seacoast.

[aries]

No, it's not a problem.

Well, it's as much a problem as domestic terrorism if you're looking for some perspective. The state is building massive walls (figuratively) to "defend" us against hordes of bogeymen.

[aries]

The only drug I've seen/used in NH is marijuana.

[AlanM]

No, it's not a problem.

Well, it's as much a problem as domestic terrorism if you're looking for some perspective. The state is building massive walls (figuratively) to "defend" us against hordes of bogeymen.

Coke, crack, heroin, pot are all big in the seacoast. A co-worker of mine just died of a heroin overdose.

[aries]

No, it's not a problem.

Well, it's as much a problem as domestic terrorism if you're looking for some perspective. The state is building massive walls (figuratively) to "defend" us against hordes of bogeymen.

Coke, crack, heroin, pot are all big in the seacoast. A co-worker of mine just died of a heroin overdose.

Wow. Beyond visiting my grandparents a few times, I've never really been to the seacost.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Meth is practically everywhere.  I had friends who were shooting it, in Portland, ME in 1969.  I don't think anyone would bother with Meth if pharmaceutical Speed and Coke were legal, thus available, and  in a normal market cheap. 

[president]

http://doj.nh.gov/publications/nreleases/011706methamphetamine.html

RELEASED BY:    Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General
SUBJECT:    Methamphetamine Labs in Grafton County
DATE:    January 17, 2006
RELEASE TIME:    Immediate

Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire State Police Colonel Fred Booth; Leo Ducey, Drug Enforcement Administration; Plymouth Police Chief Anthony Raymond, and Grafton Police Chief Merle Kenyon report that two clandestine methamphetamine labs were discovered last week in Grafton County.

On Tuesday, January 10, 2006, members of the Attorney General?s Drug Task Force, New Hampshire State Police, and the New England Clandestine Lab Team executed a search warrant on the property of David Hall, DOB 12/10/47, on Beech Hill Road in Plymouth. Based on the strong chemical odor and the large number of items typically associated with the production of methamphetamine, they were able to determine that a methamphetamine lab had recently been operating in the building. David Hall, DOB 7/20/1970, was arrested at the scene and charged with a felony offense of manufacturing methamphetamine.

On Wednesday, January 11, 2006, members of the Attorney General?s Drug Task Force, the New England Clandestine Lab Team, and the Grafton Police Department executed search warrants for two properties in Grafton, one on Slab City Road and the second on Dean Hill Road. During the searches, the police discovered evidence of methamphetamine production, including a quantity of pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient used to produce the drug, and other items used in the production process. The following individuals have been arrested and charged with the felony offense of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine: Roger Robie, 1/31/1968, of Grafton; Shane Hodgdon, DOB 10/23/1977, of Grafton; Ryan Wilson, DOB 1/13/1978, of Grafton; and, Pavel Sury, DOB 2/23/1976, of Meredith.

The presence of these two labs, says Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, highlights the need to take affirmative steps in this state to prevent the methamphetamine crisis that has plagued so many western states. While the number of clandestine labs discovered in New Hampshire to date is small, that number has increased dramatically in the last year. The process used by these labs to manufacture methamphetamine involves highly toxic and explosive ingredients, which create a serious risk of injury and long-term health problems to anyone exposed to them, in addition to the drug?s highly addictive nature. The legislature is currently considering a number of bills aimed at preventing the spread of methamphetamine labs in New Hampshire, including bills that would place reasonable limitations on access to ephedrine and pseudoephedrine-based products, one of the primary ingredients in the manufacturing process and increasing the criminal penalties for possessing or manufacturing methamphetamine. The passage of these bills would be a significant step towards curbing the production of this highly addictive drug in our State.

The president of the LPNH lives on Slab City Road.......
Tim Condon bought property on Dean Hill Rd.........



quote of d_goddard from here: http://bbs.freetalklive.com/index.php?topic=5905.0

It didn't get much media attention, but here in New Hampshire we're bucking the Feds and the trend toward ever-more draconian "anti-Meth" laws. Just like we're bucking the trend on Real-ID.
I posted this a few weeks ago:
http://bbs.freetalklive.com/index.php?topic=5539.msg92868#msg92868

Enjoy

Do you know who is on the Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine?
http://www.house.gov/larsen/meth/members.shtml

Jeb Bradley (NH)

26 page NH Statewide Meth Stragegy:
http://www.nh.gov/nhdoj/docs/StatewideMethStrategy.pdf


http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nh/pdfreleases/AUG05/NH%20METH%20rel.pdf

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - At a meeting yesterday, hosted by New Hampshire Health
and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen and addressed by Governor John Lynch, New
Hampshire?s federal, state and local law enforcement, legislative, human services, and education leaders
discussed plans to develop a comprehensive strategy to fight the growing menace of methampetamine
abuse in our state. Methamphetamine is a highly addictive and very dangerous drug which has been
sweeping across the country. Recent arrests of New Hampshire meth dealers and seizures of eleven
clandestine meth labs this year have shown that meth abuse has come to New Hampshire.

[Fluff and Stuff]

No, the meth problem is big in the West, Mid-west, and South.  Mostly, poor or lower middle class people use it.  If it becomes big in NH it will have to jump to a higher earning group, as poor people are not common in NH.  I think coke is cheap enough that meth should not be strong in NH for quite a while, if ever.

[president]

poor people are not common in NH.

???

Try visiting a Wal-Mart next time you are in NH. Poor people go there. 

Homeless in NH
http://www.rathlaw.com/assets/attachments/6.pdf

Population and Median Family Income (MFI) continued to rise in SFY
'04, as did New Hampshire?s emergency shelter activities, driven by the
State?s persistent shortage of affordable housing. This shortage is indicated
in certain ways. First, a statewide rental vacancy rate for two-bedroom
apartments is at a statistically negligible rate of less than 2% (equivalent to
?no vacancy?) and median statewide two-bedroom gross rental costs that
rose 4.9% to $978. This median has risen by more than a third in the last
five years. Significantly, in 2004, only 13.4% of the State?s two-bedroom
apartments were affordable to very low and extremely low-income households,
according to the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority Annual
Rental Survey. This figure has remained stable over the last few years. At
the very bottom, we have 10% of the population trying to fit into 0.5% of
the market rate rental housing. Second, in 2003, the last year with complete
data, the median purchase price paid for homes increased 13.2% from
$189,900 to $215,000. By the end of the fiscal year, when the median price
of a new home was $272,000, there had been more than a 100% increase
since 1997.

2005-2006 One Day School Count of NH Homeless Children and Youth
www.ed.state.nh.us/.../doe/organization/instruction/boip/documents/2005-2006OneDayCountSummaryCharts2.doc

[Dave Ridley]

what happened to the bill that would have forced pseudoephedrine behind the counter?

[Pat McCotter]

what happened to the bill that would have forced pseudoephedrine behind the counter?

HB1713
Bill Title: restricting the over-the-counter sale of pseudeophedrine base and ephedrine base drugs and establishing commission to study the feasibility of an electronic tracking system for sales of pseudeophedrine base and ephedrine base drugs.
 
Date Body Description
1/4/2006 H Introduced and ref to Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs HJ 7, pg 353 
1/4/2006 H Public Hearing Jan 11 1:00 RM 205 LOB
1/11/2006 H Subcommittee Work Session Jan 12 4:00 RM205/LOB
1/13/2006 H Subcommittee Work Session Jan 17 9:30 RM205/LOB
1/20/2006 H ===CANCELLED===(STORM) Subcommittee Work Session Jan 23 1:00 RM205/LOB
1/23/2006 H Subcommittee Work Session Jan 25 11:45 RM205/LOB
1/31/2006 H Comm Rprt: OTP/AM {0619h} for Feb 15 (vote 17-0; RC) HC 15, pg 793
2/15/2006 H Comm AM {0619h}, AA, VV by Nec. 2/3 HJ 19a, pg 1159-1161
2/15/2006 H Passed with AM, MA, VV by Nec. 2/3 HJ 19a, pg 1161
2/16/2006 S Introduced and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5, Pg. 113
2/27/2006 S Hearing; March 28, 2006, Room 101, LOB, 10:45 a.m.; SC11
4/12/2006 S Committee Report; Ought to Pass [04/20/06]; SC15
4/20/2006 S Ought to Pass [Not Voted On]; SJ 12, Pg.405
4/20/2006 S Sen. Clegg Moved Lay On Table, MA, VV; SJ 12, Pg.405

[citizen_142002]

Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not there. Meth just isn't very common in southwest New Hampshire. There is some coke use in Keene, I know that a distribution ring was busted there a year or two ago. There is a little heroin use, but again, not much when you look at most places in the US. As for marijuana, that is quite common in Keene.

I'd say that you don't tend to notice this drug use as much as you might in say a major city. I know of people who are coke users in Keene, but I've never seen anyone who was acting really coked up or using the drug in public.

[Fluff and Stuff]

what happened to the bill that would have forced pseudoephedrine behind the counter?

I think that was attached to the Patriot Act and passed by the feds.