Huge ''Wildlife'' Meth Problems In National Parks and Forests

DeSwiss

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Fri Jun-22-07 07:40 PM
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Huge ''Wildlife'' Meth Problems In National Parks and Forests

I must admit that I hadn't been aware that the nation faced a big problem with meth using wildlife. Obviously, another oversight by the MSMs keeping such vital news from us.

But apparently its an even bigger problem in Missouri because Republicant Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Dipstick) has earmarked $500,000 smackeroos in the Interior Department's funding bill for http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/06/22/house.interior.pdf">Methamphetamine Prevention at the Mark Twain National Forest. (PDF House Earmark file)

Those poor, poor deers addicted to meth. Its no wonder animals sometimes attack!!! They're all hopped up on speed!!!

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MikeNearMcChord

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Fri Jun-22-07 07:42 PM
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1. That picture reminds me of that song about Ted Haggard

Meth and Man-ass!:evilgrin:

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DeSwiss

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Fri Jun-22-07 07:43 PM
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2. ..

:rofl:

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shenmue

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Fri Jun-22-07 07:59 PM
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3. Yeah, you can't trust deer nowadays

Edited on Fri Jun-22-07 07:59 PM by shenmue

I thought this was going to be a thread about drug addicts dropping their pipes and sparking fires... didn't turn out that way, did it... :dunce:

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fed-up

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Fri Jun-22-07 08:05 PM
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4. meth contamination is NOT a joke-house I bought had a meth lab on prop-:(

I can't find anything in the pdf about meth or methamphetamine...

What page are you referring to?

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DeSwiss

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Fri Jun-22-07 08:36 PM
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5. Page 13....

...last item on the list.

And the funding is not for meth contamination or cleanup. I know meth is a problem as I live in TN where its been cooked up in those toxic labs located mostly in small country towns.

This funding is slated for "meth prevention." Apparently this prevention is to be carried out by law enforcement in national parks and forests.

Maybe they just want to buy a bunch of those addicted meth pics to scare all the ~~animals~~ kids with....

:shrug:

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Township75

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Fri Jun-22-07 08:52 PM
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7. I recall a forest fire in OR or Northern CA about 5 years ago...

started by a meth lab way out in a national forest....is that the overlap with the bill?

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DeSwiss

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Fri Jun-22-07 09:13 PM
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8. I'm not sure how "meth prevention" funding....

...for law enforcement will play with the meth lab drug folks. Which is the main problem with earmarks. They don't get the kind of hearing and analysis like funding requests coming from federal departments and agencies would.

I don't know, maybe a relative of hers owns a poster company and the "Don't Use Meth" posters haven't been moving as well as they thought they would????

:shrug:

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fed-up

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Fri Jun-22-07 10:01 PM
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9. my son showed my this sad/funny, but effective (I think) anti-meth video on youtube

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bxAYHOWxGi8

Meth Song
Anti-meth commertial from the late '90s

From: nickie3163
Views: 115,911
Added: 1 year ago
Time: 00:32

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DeSwiss

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Fri Jun-22-07 10:56 PM
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10. Whoa...

...yeah that was pretty funny/gross. But you should see some of the pics that Rotten.com has on their site:

http://www.rotten.com/library/crime/drugs/methamphetamine/">Methamphetamine at Rotten.com

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Lars39

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Fri Jun-22-07 08:47 PM
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6. I bet the problem is going to spread to the wildlife refuges

that are now mostly unprotected. :(

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Seedersandleechers

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Fri Jun-22-07 11:02 PM
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11. Wow, I live in Missouri

and feed my cats deer from the Missouri hunters that don't want it. So far so good...

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illinoisprogressive

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Fri Jun-22-07 11:07 PM
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12. I think all members of both houses should follow Obama's lead in pubishing their

earmarks.

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