Meth lab busts rose in 2011

Kentucky ranked fourth in an Associated Press survey of the nation's top methamphetamine-producing states that shows lab seizures across the nation rose again last year.

Missouri regained the top spot for lab seizures in 2011 with nearly 3,000 busts. The survey ranked Tennessee second with almost 1,700, followed by Indiana with 1,437, Kentucky with 1,188 and Oklahoma with 902.

Federal data the AP obtained this week from the Drug Enforcement Administration appeared to show meth lab seizures remained about even during the past two years. But totals from the states surveyed by AP are higher.

The numbers combined indicate nationwide meth lab seizures actually rose at least 8.3 percent in 2011 compared to 2010.

The AP polled the states after determining that several had not yet reported full-year data to the DEA.