House Resolution 108 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                     BY  WILDERDYKE
  1  3 A Resolution commending Iowa sheriffs, sheriff's
  1  4    deputies and peace officers for their efforts in the
  1  5    enactment of legislation reducing the number of
  1  6    methamphetamine laboratories in Iowa.
  1  7    WHEREAS, Iowa was leading the nation in the number
  1  8 of methamphetamine laboratories reported in 2004 and
  1  9 2005; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, pseudoephedrine, a commonly used medicine
  1 11 for colds and flu, is known to be one of the main and
  1 12 critical ingredients required to manufacture
  1 13 methamphetamine; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, Harrison County was one of the first local
  1 15 governments to adopt an ordinance to restrict the
  1 16 direct access to pseudoephedrine products at retail
  1 17 stores; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, when nearly every other county in the
  1 19 state was experiencing a surge in the number of
  1 20 methamphetamine laboratories, Harrison County
  1 21 experienced a dramatic drop in its numbers; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, Sheriff Terry Baxter was a leading
  1 23 proponent of restricting access to pseudoephedrine in
  1 24 Harrison County and shared his county's experience
  1 25 with other local and state law enforcement and drug
  1 26 control officers; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, Sheriff Baxter and other Iowa sheriffs,
  1 28 sheriff's deputies, and peace officers shared their
  1 29 experiences in fighting methamphetamine laboratories
  1 30 with lawmakers, made many visits to the Statehouse to
  2  1 provide testimony, and supported the passage of Senate
  2  2 File 169 in 2005; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, the implementation of Senate File 169 has
  2  4 resulted in a decrease in the number of
  2  5 methamphetamine laboratories discovered in Iowa by
  2  6 more than 90 percent in one year; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  7    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  8 That the House of Representatives commends all Iowa
  2  9 sheriffs, sheriff's deputies, and peace officers,
  2 10 including Sheriff Terry Baxter of Harrison County, and
  2 11 state and local drug control and narcotics officers
  2 12 for their efforts in the enactment of legislation
  2 13 resulting in the reduction of the number of
  2 14 methamphetamine laboratories discovered in Iowa; and
  2 15    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of
  2 16 Representatives will continue to work cooperatively
  2 17 with local and state law enforcement, drug control,
  2 18 and narcotics officers to seek additional solutions to
  2 19 fight methamphetamine use and abuse in Iowa.
  2 20 LSB 6083HH 81
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