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More Meth Labs Showing up in Cities, Suburbs

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Methamphetamine lab seizures are on the rise in the nation's cities and suburbs, raising new concerns about a lethal drug that has long been the scourge of rural America. Data and interviews from an investigation by The Associated Press found growing numbers of meth lab seizures in cities such as St. Louis, Kansas City, Mo. , Nashville, Tenn. , and Evansville, Ind. Authorities are also seeing evidence that inner-city gangs are becoming involved in meth production and distribution. "No question about it — there are more labs in the urban areas," said Tom Farmer, coordinator of the Tennessee Methamphetamine and Pharmaceutical Task Force. "I'm seeing car fires from meth in urban areas now, more people getting burned." The increase in labs is especially troubling because meth brought into the U.S. from Mexico also is becoming more pervasive in urban areas.

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-0.0553853"No question about it — there are more labs in the urban areas," said Tom Farmer, coordinator of the Tennessee Methamphetamine and Pharmaceutical Task Force. "I'm seeing car fires from meth in urban areas now, more people getting burned."
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Rusty Payne

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-0.278305"Bad guys have figured it out," said Rusty Payne ...
-0.139299"Bad guys have figured it out," said Rusty Payne of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency. "You don't have to be as clandestine — you don't have to be in rural country to lay low."
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-0.264789Niki Crawford, who heads the meth suppression team in Indiana, said that with shake-and-bake labs, "the odors are not as strong. And they're just so portable. We find them in backpacks and gym bags."
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City: Nashville

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Drug: Methamphetamine

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