Darlene Hooley: “my amendment represents a crucial step in the ongoing effort to stop the flow of methamphetamines into the United…”

“my amendment represents a crucial step in the ongoing effort to stop the flow of methamphetamines into the United States. A cheap, easily manufactured drug that gives addicts an intense long-lasting high, meth has emerged as the drug of choice for users across this country. This amendment offers a solution to stopping this scourge by directing the State Department, through its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, to engage in bilateral efforts with our friend and ally, Mexico, to cut down on the importation of methamphetamine precursor chemicals into Mexico and cut down on the smuggling of methamphetamines into the United States. This amendment directs the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to work with the Mexican government to take immediate action to reduce the amount of pseudoephedrine in the hands of drug cartels, to work with Mexican law enforcement to improve their abilities to fight the production and trafficking of meth, and to improve efforts at the U.S.-Mexican border to prevent the smuggling of methamphetamines into the United States. I believe that this amendment will in fact help prevent the export of meth into the United States.…”