58-37d-2 - Purpose. - Utah Statutes

58-37d-2. Purpose.
The clandestine production of methamphetamine, other amphetamines, phencyclidine,narcotic analgesic analogs so called "designer drugs", various hallucinogens, cocaine andmethamphetamine base "crack" cocaine and methamphetamine "ice" respectively, has increaseddramatically throughout the western states and Utah. These highly technical illegal operationscreate substantial dangers to the general public and environment from fire, explosions, and therelease of toxic chemicals. By their very nature these activities often involve a number of personsin a conspiratorial enterprise to bring together all necessary components for clandestineproduction, to thwart regulation and detection, and to distribute the final product. Therefore, theLegislature enacts the following Utah Clandestine Laboratory Act for prosecution of specificillegal laboratory operations. With regard to the controlled substances specified herein, this actshall control, notwithstanding the prohibitions and penalties in Title 58, Chapter 37, UtahControlled Substances Act.

Enacted by Chapter 156, 1992 General Session