Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control

The Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 attempts to deal with the proliferation of meth labs since the 1990s. Chemicals used in producing methamphetamines are more tightly controlled and penalties for illicit production of both precursor chemicals and the drugs themselves are increased. 

United States Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act increases penalties for the manufacture, distribution, and possession of methamphetamine, as well as the reagents and chemicals needed to make it. 

On October 3, 1996, President Clinton signed into law the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 (MCA). The MCA broadens controls on listed chemicals used in the production of methamphetamine, increases penalties for the trafficking and manufacture of methamphetamine and listed chemicals, and expands controls to include the distribution of lawfully marketed drug products which contain the listed chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenyl-propanolamine (PPA). 

Anonymous. Implementation of the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 regulation of pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and combination ephedrine drug products and reports of certain transactions to nonregulated persons. Final rule. Fed Regist 2002 67(60) 14,853-14,862. 

In 1999, the DEFEAT Methamphetamine Bill authorized 30 million for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to develop a comprehensive, nationwide plan to target and control methamphetamine. It also added 25 million for methamphetamine prevention efforts, especially in rural and urban areas hard hit by methamphetamine use. This bill also added to the list of chemicals considered precursors to methamphetamine production that could result in criminal penalties. In the same year, the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Abuse Reduction Bill authorized more federal money for methamphetamine treatment and prevention programs, as well as targeting federal resources to high-use methamphetamine areas. 

This act amended the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 in an effort to control the diversion of certain chemicals used in the illicit production of controlled substances such as metheathinane and methamphetamine. 

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