By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Forget marijuana and cocaine.
The No. 1 drug entering the U.S. from the Southwest border is liquid methamphetamine, KSAT.com reports.
“The Mexican cartels have figured out a very effective way to massively produce very low cost, inexpensive methamphetamine year-round,” said Wendell Campbell, spokesperson for the DEA’s Houston division.
One reason it has become so popular is the price, which has dropped from $21,000 per kilo in 2010 to $10,000 last year.
In just the past few years, the DEA has witnessed a 350% increase in seizures.
Some of the chemical ingredients come from China.
The substance is mixed with gas or acetone and heated over an open fire to make it crystallize.
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