Feds Restore Funding for Meth Clean-Up

This past February, federal funds to offset clean-up costs for meth labs dried up. This past week, a federal appropriations act restored $12.5 million in funding for this program. In 2010, the funding was over $19 million. While this new funding is not likely to be enough to meet all demands, it should assist. There was concern nationally as the loss of revenue to deal with the costs associated with the labs seemed to discourage enforcement. Seizures in Tennessee were down 32% over the prior year.

For more on this issue, see this article in the Tennessean here.