Meth smuggled from Mexico concerns states across the South

Associated Press

RICHMOND, Virginia -- Methamphetamine laboratories have been pushed offshore by state laws that make the drug's key ingredient -- over-the-counter cold remedies -- tough to get, state attorneys general from across the South said yesterday.

But the fiendishly addictive and often deadly street drug is available because it's being smuggled in, largely by illegal aliens entering the country from Mexico, the officials said.

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Posted by tyne at April 13, 2007