Methamphetamine is perhaps the most deadly, fiercely addictive and rapidly spreading drug the United States has known.  It’s the worst drug threat I’ve encountered in my nearly 20 years in public life.

During the past decade, while law enforcement officers continue to bust record numbers of clandestine labs, meth use in communities has increased by as much as 300 percent.  Meth is cheap, potent and available everywhere.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California and I sponsored the Combat Meth Act.  Our bill is the toughest, most comprehensive anti-meth legislation ever introduced in the Congress, much less passed.  The Combat Meth Act restricts the sale of products necessary to cook methamphetamine and provides new funding and tools for law enforcement to fight meth in our neighborhoods.

I am very pleased the Senate approved the Combat Meth Act and the President signed it into law on March 9, 2006.

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