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t 1 zit ,01:milea 4/.7 � 44111 .41 ORDINANCE NO. 2541-01 AN ORDINANCE Relating to Precursor Drugs, Adding a New Chapter to the Everett Criminal Code, Title 10 of the Everett Municipal Code (Ordinance No. 1145-85). WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature has found that communities all over Washington have experienced an increase in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine; and WHEREAS, illegal methamphetamine labs create a significant threat to the health and safety of our citizens; and WHEREAS, some of the chemicals and compounds used to make methamphetamine, and the toxic wastes the process generates, are hazards to the public health; and WHEREAS, increases in crime, violence, and the abuse and neglect of children present at laboratory sites are also associated with the increasing number of illegal laboratory sites; and WHEREAS, the drugs ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, which are used in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine, have been identified as factors in the increase in the number of illegal methamphetamine labs; and WHEREAS, the 2001 Washington State Legislature adopted a new law to place restrictions on the sale and possession of those three drugs in order to reduce the proliferation of illegal methamphetamine laboratories and the associated threats to public health and safety; and WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council deems it appropriate for the City Criminal Code to be consistent with state law in this area.