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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 2001
Page
7
Johnson County Sheriff Elly Faulkner recalls deputies uncovering two methamphetamine labs in Vienna on August 12 1997 near a high school. The probe tied to Goreville and showed statewide Lab seizures rising from 24 in 1997 to 350 in 2000 with downstate clusters expanding rapidly.
Massac County reports 12 clandestine meth labs cleaned this year, 10 busts in a 100 day span. Officials describe an epidemic with overflowing evidence rooms and rising thefts of farm chemicals and cold medicines. Deputies warn that arrests rarely deter cooks as relapses are common.
Information from the National Drug Information Treatment Center outlines severe health risks of methamphetamine with effects including intense paranoia hallucinations aggressive behavior rapid heart rate convulsions extreme hyperthermia insomnia paranoia diminished appetite skin issues weight loss and potential fatal liver kidney brain damage strokes and death also notes possible crime fires and hazardous waste from illicit production.
Bianca Halstead lead singer of Betty Blowtorch died in a high speed wreck on Interstate 10 near New Orleans. She was 36 and had just finished a Los Angeles show. Driver William McAllister, 33, was speeding over 100 mph when he sideswiped another car causing the fatal crash. Robert Fenkel, 50, was hospitalized with non life threatening injuries.
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