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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 566 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 

should seek to convene an international conference in 2006 to develop 

more effective means to deal with the serious and growing threat of 

methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2005 

Mr. CARDOZA (for himself, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 

WAMP, Mr. BERRY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 

Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, and Mr. GIBBONS) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

the President should seek to convene an international 

conference in 2006 to develop more effective means to 

deal with the serious and growing threat of methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals. 

Whereas methamphetamine abuse is one of the most serious 

public health threats facing the United States, as the 

drug is highly addictive, physically debilitating, and carries a high risk of overdose; 

Whereas, although methamphetamine is easy to produce, 

drug traffickers need to obtain the necessary precursor 

chemicals to make the drug; 
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Whereas the most significant precursor chemical is 

pseudoephedrine, which is commonly used in cold medicines; 

Whereas pseudoephedrine is produced by only a small number 

of manufacturers worldwide, and the supply could therefore be monitored and controlled to help prevent its diversion to methamphetamine production; 

Whereas drug traffickers have taken advantage of the worldwide distribution of pseudoephedrine to obtain the chemical for methamphetamine production; 

Whereas, for example, Mexican imports of pseudoephedrine 

tripled between 2000 to 2004, and are now far in excess 

of legitimate demand for the chemical in that country; 

Whereas the Office of National Drug Control Policy believes 

that two-thirds of all methamphetamine used in the 

United States is now produced in Mexico, by large drug 

trafficking organizations; 

Whereas methamphetamine traffickers may also be using 

third countries as routes for precursor chemical smuggling; 

Whereas from 2000 to 2003, Argentina’s imports of 

pseudoephedrine doubled, Colombia’s imports tripled, and 

Indonesia’s rose tenfold; and 

Whereas currently, there are few international mechanisms 

for monitoring the distribution of pseudoephedrine to prevent its diversion to illegal drug production: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) reaffirms the principles of the international 

3 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), the 
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1 Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971), and 

2 the Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic 

3 Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988); 

4 (2) calls on the President to seek to convene an 

5 international conference on the threat of meth6 amphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemi7 cals, with the participation and involvement of gov8 ernment leaders at the highest level from all coun9 tries that are direct sources of precursor chemicals 

10 and from all countries that are most affected by 

11 methamphetamine production, trafficking, and use, 

12 to intensify and coordinate an effective international 

13 response in order to prevent methamphetamine pro14 duction; 

15 (3) calls on the countries in which the precursor 

16 chemicals and pharmaceutical products used in the 

17 manufacture of methamphetamine are produced, and 

18 the countries that are most affected by methamphet19 amine trafficking, to establish an effective inter20 national system to monitor and control these prod21 ucts to prevent their diversion to illegal purposes; 

22 and 

23 (4) calls on the Secretary of State, in consulta24 tion with the Attorney General, the Secretary of 

25 Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Health and 
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1 Human Services, to take active steps to establish 

2 such an international system, by seeking to nego3 tiate, draft, and ratify such multilateral or bilateral 

4 agreements as may be necessary. 

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