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Budget Includes Foxx Ammendment To Protect Rescue
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n944/a08.html
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Pubdate: Thu, 01 Jul 2004
Source: Mountain Times, The (NC)
Copyright: 2004 The Mountain Times.
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BUDGET INCLUDES FOXX AMMENDMENT TO PROTECT RESCUE
WORKERS
Meth Manufacturers Would Receive Strict Penalties When Lab Explosions
Harm Firefighters, Police
Meth offenders would receive an additional five years in prison if their
labs harm emergency service personnel, thanks to an amendment to the
state budget introduced by Sen. Virginia Foxx, R-Watauga.
The North Carolina Senate approved the budget yesterday.
Foxx was inspired to toughen the law after receiving a plea from the
mother of a former Deep Gap volunteer firefighter who nearly died while
fighting a blaze at a meth lab.
The five-term state Senator and Congressional candidate said that she is
pleased that her amendment could be included in the state budget.
"This is the very least we can do for our firefighters, police
officers and EMS workers who risk their lives for their communities on a
daily basis," she said.
Foxx, whose Senate district has been plagued by methamphetamine, has
made it a mission to stop the proliferation of the drug. Last
month, she also co-sponsored a bill to increase criminal penalties for
those who distribute, manufacture and possess meth.
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