[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11873]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            METHAMPHETAMINES

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, there is a growing drug problem in my 
home State of North Carolina and across America, and it is one we in 
Congress must face this year. The White House Office of National Drug 
Control Policy has called methamphet-
amines one of the fastest growing drugs in America. Worst of all, those 
producing and trafficking meth often do so in the presence of children. 
In 2004 alone, 2,754 children were found in 34 percent of the 
methamphetamine busts.
  Along with 14 other Members of Congress, I have introduced H.R. 1616, 
which would double the maximum jail time of Federal sentencing for 
those involved in the production or transportation of illicit drugs in 
the presence of children. Almost as much as abusing meth, being exposed 
to chemicals involved in its production is extremely dangerous and 
children found in meth labs have often been physically abused and 
neglected.
  I ask my colleagues to please join me in supporting H.R. 1616 to 
protect kids from illicit drug production and trafficking.

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