I thought Duluth did not have a drug problem.

From the local section of the Duluth News Tribune, you can read the whole story at this linkwww.duluthnews.com.



CSS instructor gets prison for methCOURTS: Samuel Khoury said he was "trying to find the least offensive way" he could feed his addiction by manufacturing his own methamphetamine.BY MARK STODGHILLNEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
A former College of St. Scholastica instructor who resigned after being charged with manufacturing methamphetamine was sentenced to 6 3/4 years in prison Thursday.
Samuel Dwight Khoury, 39, of Duluth was found guilty of manufacturing methamphetamine and sentenced by Judge DavidSullivan in St. Louis County District Court.
Khoury testified Thursday that he was a drug addict "trying to find the least offensive way" he could to continue his addiction.
He said he mainly manufactured methamphetamine to support his own habit. He said he sometimes shared the drug with others but never sold it.
Khoury said his brain became used to the stimulation ofthe drug.
"It was the way that I felt normal," he said. "I realize that's not an excuse.... I think my actions are understandable if not excusable.... The way I should have dealt with the problem is to receive treatment to free myself from my addiction."
Khoury said he regretted his actions and "the pain it caused my family and the harm it did to the community."
It took more than two years to resolve the case.
Khoury and co-defendant Gordon Douglas Blum were accused on Oct. 21, 2003, of cooking methamphetamine in a garage on Blum's property, about two blocks from St. Michael's Lakeside School.
Blum pleaded guilty last year to aiding and abetting the first-degree manufacture of methamphetamine. He received an 86-month sentence, which was stayed for 10 years of probation and one year at the Northeast Regional Corrections Center.
Khoury was an instructor of accounting in the management department at St. Scholastica when charged with the crime. He worked at the school for about 18 months.
There was no evidence that Khoury's drug activity took place at Scholastica or involved its students

Meth is one of the fastest going drugs to use and sell, as it is easy to make and cheap to buy from all story's I have read about it. I know we in Duluth need to worried about this issue and be on our toes about all drugs. I find it funny that the D.N.T. before the elections took place was always saying that we did not have a drug problem or a crime problem in the city. Yet sense then there have been many story's on crime and drugs in Duluth. Interesting how there bias shows up isn't it?