Fighting Methamphetamine

What would you do if you knew something harmed millions of people on a daily basis? Day after day, methamphetamine harms not only the people using the appalling drug, but also the ones around them. The process of making meth can create harmful side effects on an innocent person. Also, meth addicts have psychotic behavior and tend to harm people they love. Even though the United States government has implemented laws to limit drugs – especially meth, the government needs to fight meth even harder because people can acquire it so easily and because meth devastates not only the user but everyone in contact with the user.

Since the government now realizes how much of a problem meth creates, it has formed multiple laws to reduce the use of methamphetamine. An individual can make meth anywhere, and thanks to the internet, the recipes online provided an easier way to make meth. In the article “Senate Panel Acts Against ‘Meth’ Internet Postings” Michael Conlan explains how the Senate Judiciary Committee has banned the posting of methamphetamine recipes online. Conlan explains this set the trend of multiple laws on ending the use of meth. In 2006 President George W. Bush signed a law to restrict the use of methamphetamine. In the article “Bush Signs Law to Curtail Rising Meth Abuse” the author explains that the law established traditional standards for medicines containing pseudoephedrine. Also, since a person needs pseudoephedrine to create meth, this law has somewhat helped decrease meth making. Another law passed to reduce methamphetamine began in 2006. In the article “New Anti-meth Law: Truth and Consequences.(CHAINS AND BUSINESS)." Lorraine Lica enlightens the reader that in early 2006 Congress passed the Combat Methamphetamine Act of 2005. Any retailers who do not meet the terms of this law will have several consequences. The government forces the retailer to pay a maximum of $25,000 and possibly jailed for two years. Lica asserts that this law made pharmacies...