Feinstein seeks Mexico meth help
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
"Mexico appears to be importing inordinate amounts of pseudoephedrine" destined for conversion to methamphetamine in the country "or to be smuggled into the United States," Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) writes in a June 23 letter urging Mexico President Vicente Fox to "personally examine" the issue. The senator cites a recent article in the Oregonian newspaper naming Mexico as the "dominant source" of the meth precursor and requests that Fox offer "assistance in efforts to address this problem." Feinstein and Sen. Jim Talent (R-Mo.) cosponsored the Combat Meth Act of 2005, which aims to limit pseudoephedrine diversion to meth, in January (1"The Tan Sheet" Jan. 31, 2005, p. 13)...