by admin | Nov 19, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Governor Blunt says he’ll ask lawmakers to approve $1.8 million in funding for a special anti-methamphetamine task force known as MoSMART. The Missouri Sheriff’s Methamphetamine Relief Team stands to lose that money at the end of the year, after it was cut...
by admin | Oct 20, 2006 | Politics / Govt
Democrat Claire McCaskill claims Senator Jim Talent is distorting her stance on two important pieces of legislation. McCaskill says Talent, the incumbent Republican, has accused her of not supporting ethanol, because she opposed the Energy Bill approved by Congress....
by admin | Jul 23, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Missouri’s year-old law limiting access to a key ingredient for making methamphetamine is working…..but it’s hard to say it has cut down on the meth supplies in the state or the number of meth users. The highway patrol has seen a 46 percent decline...
by admin | Jun 19, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A Springfield woman and her son say they were beaten and intimidated by a drug enforcement team that broke into their home last week looking for a meth lab that did not exist. Patricia Durr-Pojar was kept at a hospital for two nights for treatment of her injuries. Her...
by admin | Apr 26, 2006 | Politics / Govt
A St. Louis couple has testified to a Congressional committee on the devastating effects of methamphetamine addiction. The committee is considering additional funding to family treatment facilities. 38-year-old Aaronette Noble of St. Louis told committee members she...
