Byron Dorgan: “The majority leader, my colleague from Tennessee, speaks of methamphetamine. It is an enormous problem in this country…”

“The majority leader, my colleague from Tennessee, speaks of methamphetamine. It is an enormous problem in this country, especially in rural States. I certainly appreciate the comments he has made today. It is something on which we must provide enormous focus. It is destroying lives. It is one of the most highly addictive drugs we know. You can cook methamphetamine virtually anywhere--an abandoned farmhouse. You can buy the products from which you make methamphetamine, in many States, across the counter. This is a deadly drug causing havoc for so many people. If you talk to law enforcement people about dealing with methamphetamine, they will tell you that when they arrest someone involved in methamphetamine, they don't quite know what they are going to get. These are people who can become the most enormously violent people in the world, or they can be passive. You don't quite know what you are going to find, what you are going to get. It contributes to substantial crime and destroys lives. I appreciate the comments of my colleague, the majority leader. ____________________”