Add It Up: Meth in Georgia
Man, it’s a helluva drug.
Number of pounds of methamphetamine seized in a Duluth drug bust last week: 351
Wholesale value of the meth seized: $6 million
Number of people arrested during the busts: 4
Number of other meth busts in eastern United States larger than that: 0
Number of times between January 2005 and August 2006 metro Atlanta broke the record for largest meth busts in eastern United States: 4
Number of people arrested last week in Cobb County in what authorities think could have been a “rolling” meth lab: 3
Number of inmates serving time in Georgia corrections system for methamphetamine possession: 848
Percentage of those inmates who are white: 95
Number of meth labs discovered by local, state and federal authorities in Georgia in 2008: 78
Cost to clean up a smaller-sized meth lab: $2,000-4,000
Sources: ajc.com, usdoj.org, dcor.state.ga.us