A total of $8 million will go to Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas and the Rocky Mountain area. As part of the Midwest HIDTA, Iowa will receive $1,237,120.
"This program will mean money and assistance to Iowa and other states in the Midwest to help combat increased meth production and trafficking in the region. This is a very important step in our coordinated efforts to combat illegal drug use and the damage it causes individuals, families and communities in Iowa," Grassley said.
Grassley serves as a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and as chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. In 1996, Grassley joined Sen. Dianne Feinstein, of California, to win congressional approval and the president's signature for bi-partisan legislation to crack down on the production of methamphetamine.
The Grassley/Feinstein bill established new reporting requirements for the sale of drugs used to manufacture methamphetamine, urged the U.S. Sentencing Commission to increase penalties for meth possession and trafficking and gave the Attorney General new authority to sue to shut down chemical supply houses which provide chemicals to clandestine meth manufacturers. The bill also created a public-private education program for wholesale retail distributors of meth ingredients.