Mexico methamphetamine

Taking North America as a whole, the declines in the USA were partly offset by rising production in a few super-labs in Mexico. The number of methamphetamine laboratories dismantled in Mexico rose from 10 in 2002 to 18 in 2004 and 34 in 2005. Until recently pseudo-ephedrine and ephedrine were fairly readily available in the country. The Mexican authorities, however, have recently taken measures to counter the diversion of the two chemicals. These efforts reduced the import of ephedrine and pseudo-ephedrine by 40 per cent in 2005 (to 133 mt), with a further reduction of almost 50 per cent (to about 70 mt) expected for 2006.13... 

The next largest of methamphetamine in 2005 were reported from Mexico (5 per cent), Taiwan Province of China (3 per cent), Indonesia (2.1 per cent), Myanmar (1.6 per cent), Hong-Kong SAR of China (1.5 per cent), Japan (0.7 per cent), Australia (0.7 per cent), the Philippines (0.7 per cent) and Canada (0.5 per cent). If the Maxiton Forte seizures of Egypt and the ATS seizures of South Africa were added, the seizures in the latter two countries would have exceeded seizures made by Mexico. 

The bulk of methamphetamine-related trafficking in North America takes place within the USA and from Mexico to the USA. The export of methamphetamine produced in North America to other regions remains marginal (mostly linked to some trafficking of methamphetamine from Canada to Japan). 

Nevertheless, the positive trends reported from the USA and Canada have been partly offset by reports of rising methamphetamine abuse in Mexico. This seems to reflect growing methamphetamine production there and, although the bulk of the methamphetamine pro-... 

Owing to interdiction efforts in the United States, it is believed that some traffickers have moved their operations to Mexico, with over 30 methamphetamine... 

Methamphetamine laboratories are by the far the most common type of illegal drug laboratories in the United States today. Two-thirds of all the meth in the United States is created in labs found in Mexico and southern California. The rest of the illegal meth is made in small labs set up in kitchens, garages, vacant buildings, and even the trunks of cars. Meth is relatively easy to produce using common chemicals—including cold and asthma medicines—that can be obtained over the counter. 

Methamphetamine availability has increased sharply over the past year in the Northeast Region, primarily because of an increase in wholesale distribution by Mexican criminal groups. .. National-level laboratory seizure data as well as law enforcement reporting indicated that domestic methamphetamine production has expanded to more areas of the country. .. Law enforcement reporting and drug seizure data indicated that methamphetamine production has increased sharply in Mexico since... 

Methamphetantine was listed on tiie CSA in 1970. Large-scale domestic clandestine production of methamphetamine is most prominent in California, but small laboratories are ubiquitous. Most of the smuggled supply originates in Mexico. 

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