NPR SHOW TO EXPLORE LOCAL METH PROBLEM Half-hour Show Will Focus On Shawnee County. Methamphetamine in Shawnee County will be the focus Tuesday of a program on National Public Radio. "All Things Considered" from NPR News will present a special half-hour, format-breaking report examining the recent surge of methamphetamine use and manufacture in the Midwest by focusing on Shawnee County. The program will air at 3:36 and 5:36 p.m. on radio station KANU-FM 91.5 and at 5:36 p.m. on KCUR-FM 89.3. Sources quoted in the report by senior host Robert Siegel include: A Topeka Correctional Facility inmate who discusses her longtime addiction to meth. Shawnee County sheriff's deputies who discuss the work they do seizing meth labs and investigating crimes linked to the drug. Assistant Shawnee County district attorneys who prosecute meth cases. Chemists who process meth lab evidence at a Kansas Bureau of Investigation lab in Topeka. An undercover security officer at a Topeka Wal-Mart who has seen an increase in the shoplifting of items that are available legally but can be used to make meth. Victims in Shawnee County of repeated thefts of anhydrous ammonia, which can be used to make the drug.
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