The state AG's have been leaders in the fight against the scourge of meth and have made huge progress in shutting down local meth labs and, more importantly, loybbying for laws that force major retailing chains such as Wal Mart and Rite Aide to put their OTC products that can be used for meth labs behind the counter.  It was a real fight as the retailers didn't want to cooperate, but the laws passed and the progress was immediate.

Today's Arkansas papers tell the story when it quotes a senior DEA official as saying "these laws have made all the difference," and a local sheriff as saying "all our time used to be spend watching people buy cold pills at Wal Mart." 

Recently the Southern AG's - under the leadership of NAAG and its President Ga AG Thurberg Baker - held an very important conference that reveals how the meth problem has now shifted off shore and now demands different strategies. It will be difficult to police meth coming into the country - primarily from Mexico - but at least we know that the bad guys aren't next door.