What is Florida doing to stop methamphetamine production, trafficking and use?
A. The state of Florida is working toward strengthening laws to combat the harmful personal and social effects caused by the manufacture, use and distribution of methamphetamine. In calendar year 2001, 28 clandestine methamphetamine laboratories were seized. In calendar year 2005, 338 clandestine methamphetamine laboratories were seized as reported by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The Florida Panhandle and North Florida counties have become the epicenter of clandestine laboratory production, particularly Bay County and Broward County on the east coast is close behind. The Office of Drug Control has watched with grave concern as the scourge of Methamphetamine abuse, addiction and homemade production spread from West to East across the continental United States during the past eight years. Virtually unknown as a major drug problem in Florida when Governor Bush was first inaugurated in 1999, Meth has since come to the focus of law enforcement and health experts as a potential
