News (Media Awareness Project) - US KS: NPR Show To Explore Local Meth Problem |
Title: | US KS: NPR Show To Explore Local Meth Problem |
Published On: | 2000-10-30 |
Source: | Topeka Capital-Journal (KS) |
Fetched On: | 2008-09-03 03:56:55 |
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.
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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