Stopping meth. A lesson for every state and local official out there. Have a question – call your colleagues in Utah.

One of the federal government’s top drug fighters Thursday praised Utah’s efforts to combat methamphetamine.
Data on whether meth use in Utah has declined is mixed, but Scott Burns, National Drug Control Policy deputy director and former Iron County prosecutor, appeared with state leaders at the Capitol to extol two figures they say point to gains in the drug war.

Burns cited a dramatic decline in the number of meth labs in Utah and federal reports that traffickers have increased the price of meth to $1,200 to $1,500 per ounce. The drug cost about $700 per ounce in late 2005.

“The data shows you that something is working,” Burns said.

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