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Meth Sentence in Bangor Federal Court

We don't get a lot of meth use up here (that comes through the system anyway). 

From the Bangor Daily News:

BANGOR, Maine — A Houlton man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to more than three years in federal prison for importing nearly 100 methamphetamine pills.

Stephane Desrosiers, 35, also was sentenced to three years of supervised release after he completes his 37-month prison term.

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A Canadian citizen with permanent residency status, Desrosiers is expected to be deported when he is released.

Desrosiers was arrested in March at the Houlton border crossing after Border Protection officers found a recloseable plastic bag with 98½ methamphetamine pills in the pocket of his jacket.

Methamphetamine Registry

A new public registry in Tennessee (as reporter in the Memphis Flyer) to shame meth users/dealers along the lines of a sex offender registry.  Via Sex Offender Issues:

It's not exactly a scarlet letter, but a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) Web site is being used to shame people who have been caught making and selling crystal meth.

When 39-year-old Stacey Gore was convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, she not only received over three years at the Shelby County Correctional Center and a hefty fine, her name was also added to a public list of meth offenders.

Much like the mandatory sex-offender registry, the TBI's Meth Offender Registry is a list of convicted meth cooks and dealers posted on the TBI's Web site, www.tbi.gov.

"Just as sex offenders are deemed to be a public threat, so are meth makers," said TBI spokesperson Jennifer Johnson. "We know the chemicals used to make meth are very volatile. So the governor's task force on methamphetamine came up with the idea to start this registry to inform citizens about potential meth cooks who may be living in their neighborhoods."