John Thune: “In July of 1995, drug agents in Lincoln County, South Dakota, got warrants to search a home in the City of Worthing.…”

“In July of 1995, drug agents in Lincoln County, South Dakota, got warrants to search a home in the City of Worthing. Now, Worthing is not what you would call a hot bed of criminal activity. It had a population of 371, but even Worthing, South Dakota, is not immune to the problem of drugs. When agents entered the home they found what you might expect to find in any home around this country, and that is someone cooking. The only difference was this person was using a recipe from something called the Anarchist Cookbook. He was not cooking with food, he was cooking with chemicals. When agents entered that home in Worthing, a community of 371 people, they found the beginnings of a methamphetamine lab. The man in the home had a wide array of chemicals spread out, and he was trying various combinations, trying to come up with the perfect recipe to cook up a good batch of meth. Well, eventually he did find the right recipe.”