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NEW: May 9, 2008
Supporting Bovett was easy decision (letter
to the editor)
(from Steve Etter)
Newport News-Times
NEW: May 9, 2008
Measure 53 designed to fix seizure law glitches
The Oregonian
NEW: May 7, 2008
Rob Bovett has what it takes (letter
to the editor)
(from Scott Beckstead)
Newport News-Times
NEW: May 2, 2008
Bovett has integrity needed for DA (letter
to the editor)
(from Lincoln County Sheriff Dennis Dotson)
Newport News-Times
NEW: May 1, 2008
Speedy decline
The Economist
NEW: April 30, 2008
Rob Bovett
for district attorney (News-Times endorsement)
Newport News-Times
NEW: April 30, 2008
Elect Rob Bovett (Depoe
Bay Beacon endorsement)
Depoe Bay Beacon
NEW: April 30, 2008
Crime rate disagreement engulfs DA campaign
Newport News-Times
NEW: April 30, 2008
Bovett to speak at international meth conference
Newport News-Times
NEW: April 30, 2008
We need a change in DA's office (letter
to the editor)
(from retired Lincoln County District Attorney Dan Glode)
Newport News-Times
NEW: April 30, 2008
Cops weigh in on DA candidates
Lincoln City News Guard
April 25, 2008
Support
Bovett
for district attorney (letter
to the editor)
Newport News-Times
April 25, 2008
Bovett,
Barnett discuss experiential differences as election looms
Newport News-Times
April 23, 2008
Vote Bovett to 'complete the circle' (letter
to the editor)
Newport News-Times
April 23, 2008
OSP expert admits crime rate mistake
Lincoln City News Guard
April 23, 2008
The legality of political signs (letter
to the editor)
Newport News-Times
April 21, 2008
Trio of ballot measures offer 'technical fixes' to constitution
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) News
NOTE: Rob supports, and encourages you to vote yes on,
Ballot Measures 51, 52, and 53
April 18, 2008
Vote for Rob
Bovett for District Attorney (letter
to the editor)
Newport News-Times
April 16, 2008
County's anti-meth initiative receives $280,000 federal grant
Newport News-Times
April 16, 2008
Support Bovett for District Attorney (op
ed)
Newport News-Times
April 14, 2008
Missouri lags other states in controlling meth ingredients
Associated Press
April 13, 2008
Over-the-counter attack on meth
St Louis Post-Dispatch
April 11, 2008
Supports Rob Bovett for District Attorney (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
April 11, 2008
DA candidates trade jabs at second debate
Newport News-Times
April 9, 2008
Supports
Rob Bovett for DA (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
April 4, 2008
Officer
supports Bovett for DA (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
April 4, 2008
Barnett,
Bovett face off again in Newport
Newport News-Times
April 2, 2008
D.A.'s
delays hurt Depoe Bay
Depoe Bay Beacon
April 2, 2008
County
would be well served by Rob
Bovett (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
March 28, 2008
Supports
Bovett for District Attorney (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
March 26, 2008
Nic
and David Sheff
When it Comes to Meth, Father's Not Like Son
Willamette Week
March 26, 2008
DA
candidates meet in first election debate
Lincoln City News Guard
March 26, 2008
District
Attorney office is a revolving door (op ed)
Newport News-Times
March 21, 2008
County
needs Rob Bovett (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
March 21, 2008
First
District Attorney Debates
Newport News-Times
March 19, 2008
D.A.
disses Depoe Bay
Depoe Bay Beacon
March 19, 2008
Bovett
has what it takes (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
March 19, 2008
Bovett
open house set for Saturday (Toledo campaign event)
Newport News-Times
March 19, 2008
Ballot
set for May primary
Newport News-Times
March 19, 2008
Newport
Chamber to Feature Meth Presentation
Newport News-Times
March 14, 2008
Supports
Bovett for DA (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
March 13, 2008
Cold
medications may need doctor's OK
To fight meth, state weighs tougher rules
The Wichita (Kansas) Eagle
March 12, 2008
Event
Saturday for DA candidate (Yachats campaign event)
Newport News-Times
March 12, 2008
Bovett
responds to allegation (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
March 7, 2008
Crime
victim supports Bovett (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
March 5, 2008
Bovett
is skilled, experienced and respected (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
February 29, 2008
Bovett
meet-and-greet set (Waldport campaign event)
Newport News-Times
February 29, 2008
Former
Toledo Police Chief Supports
Bovett (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
February 29, 2008
Student
TV spots focus on underage drinking
Newport News-Times
February 29, 2008
Positive
peer pressure (editorial)
Newport News-Times
February 27, 2008
Supports
Bovett for DA (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
February 27, 2008
Drug
Court honors first graduates
Newport News-Times
February 22, 2008
Former
medical examiner supports Bovett (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
February 20, 2008
Bovett
is proven leader (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
February 20, 2008
Debates,
forum, set for district attorney candidates
Newport News-Times
February 15, 2008
Supports
Rob Bovett for DA (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
February 13, 2008
Supports
Bovett for DA (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
February 13, 2008
District
Attorney candidate to hold Waldport event (campaign event)
Newport News-Times
February 6, 2008
The
time for change in the DA's Office is now (op ed)
Newport News-Times
February 6, 2008
Meet
DA candidate Rob Bovett (campaign event)
Newport News-Times
February 1, 2008
Supports
Bovett for District Attorney (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
January 25, 2008
Bovett
earns votes of Lincoln City officers (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
January 23, 2008
Pro-Bovett,
nothing personal (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
January 13, 2008
Eliminating
drugs will take community effort
Salem Statesman-Journal
January 11, 2008
Rob
Bovett appointed to resurrected Underage Drinking Task Force
Newport News-Times
January 9, 2008
Rob
Bovett to present program on wave energy at Newport Chamber
Newport News-Times
January 4, 2008
Bovett
supporter in District Attorney's race (op ed)
Newport News-Times
January 4, 2008
Meet
DA candidate Rob Bovett (campaign event)
Newport News-Times
December 28, 2007
New
progress toward solving the meth epidemic
Newport News-Times
December 26, 2007
DA's
office needs proven administrator (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
December 19, 2007
Support
Rob Bovett for district attorney (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
December
13, 2007
Efforts
reduce labs, but meth use persists (podcast)
Jefferson Public Radio
November
30, 2007
We can shut down
meth
State's success should be copied worldwide (op ed)
Portland Tribune
November
28, 2007
Drug
court gets boost in funding
Lincoln City News Guard
November
28, 2007
Progress
in the war against meth (editorial)
The Oregonian
November 24, 2007
Meth
labs decrease in county, statewide
Eugene Register-Guard
November 14, 2007
Take
a good look at candidates for DA (letter to the editor)
Lincoln City News Guard
November
7, 2007
Meth
campaign prompts calls for help
Lincoln City News Guard
November 2, 2007
Rob
Bovett is a proven leader (op ed)
Newport News-Times
October
31, 2007
District
Attorney candidate responds (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
October 19, 2007
'Crystal
Darkness' meth special to be replayed
Newport News-Times
October 19, 2007
Wave
energy creates splash in legislation and county
Newport News-Times
October 17, 2007
Bovett
announces campaign manager
Newport News-Times
October 4, 2007
Oregon
man
works to decrease meth and meth labs
KPTV
September 28, 2007
Media
campaign to focus on meth awareness
Newport News-Times
September 21, 2007
Rob
Bovett enters district attorney race
Newport News-Times
September 15, 2007
Tribes
host conference against meth
Salem Statesman-Journal
September 14, 2007
Lincoln
County Drug Court nears one-year mark
Newport News-Times
September 1, 2007
West
Australia headed for big ice problem, says US expert
The West Australian
July 25, 2007
Arrest
cuts Oregon meth, agents say
The Oregonian
May 25, 2007
Local
anti-meth campaign attracts national attention
Newport News-Times
May 18, 2007
Student
produced TV commercials highlight Meth Summit III
Newport News-Times
March 26, 2007
Meth legislation is
justified (op ed)
Salem Statesman-Journal
February 21, 2007
Wyden,
Smith go on the offensive against meth
Southern Oregon Mail Tribune
February 2007
Meth: The Oregon
Front 2007
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)
February 2007 (rebroadcast)
FRONTLINE:
The Meth Epidemic
Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
Click here
to read FRONTLINE's interview with Rob
February 8, 2007
A
scourge, well seen
Las Vegas Sun
February 8, 2007
Targeting
Drug Use: Lawmakers told of anti-meth tactics
Las Vegas Review-Journal
February 8, 2007
Expert
urges legislators to fund anti-meth programs
Nevada Appeal
January 17, 2007
OPB
special to focus on recent meth epidemic progress
Newport News-Times
Older News
December 6, 2006
Rob
Bovett receives Governor's Gold Award for leadership against meth
Newport News-Times
Read the Governor's
award letter
Read Rob's acceptance
speech
November 27, 2006
County
efforts cut meth problem
Newport News-Times
November 5, 2006
Crackdown
puts meth trade in a bind
The Oregonian
Excerpt: The purity of methamphetamine has fallen sharply
across the country while its price has increased, suggesting that a
crackdown on meth ingredients in Mexico and the United States has
dramatically curtailed production of the drug . . . Rob Bovett, legal
counsel to the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association and a national
meth activist, said the drop in purity signifies progress against meth
producers . . . The setback for the meth trade follows tight
restrictions by the United States and Mexico on ephedrine and
pseudoephedrine, ingredients in cold medicine that are used to make
meth . . . Bovett, the Oregon activist, said data showing the purity
of meth plummeting should send a message to policymakers. "We're
at a crossroads," Bovett said. "Either we can continue the
international will to make meth a thing of the past, or we can let up
on it, and watch that line go back up again."
September 30, 2006
U.S. Stores race to
meet law aimed at meth
The Oregonian
Excerpt: Seizures of methamphetamine labs across the United
States have declined dramatically . . . Rob Bovett, legal counsel to
the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association, said nationwide controls
will prevent Oregon meth cooks from shopping for pseudoephedrine in
neighboring states . . . And there will be other impacts, said Bovett
. . . "As we further change the demand for pseudoephedrine,"
Bovett said, "we're going to change the world market for
pseudoephedrine and thereby change the supply of methamphetamine."
August 18, 2006
County
pursues wave power
Newport News-Times
July 5, 2006
County
gets drug-combating grants
Newport News-Times
June 30, 2006
Governor
announces anti-meth funding for Lincoln County
Newport News-Times
June 21, 2006
School
district teachers (and others) honored
Newport News-Times
June
14, 2006
Progress
made on meth front
Newport News-Times
April 26, 2006
Lights,
camera, action: Young filmmakers aim for tsunami summit
Newport News-Times
April
21, 2006
Tsunami
Talk (editorial)
Newport News-Times
April
14, 2006
Lincoln
County
students to star in April 23 tsunami
summit
Newport News-Times
March
31, 2006
FRONTLINE
special on meth to be rebroadcast
Newport News-Times
March
15, 2006
Newport
Head Start project moves forward
Newport News-Times
March 3, 2006
Congress OK's
landmark restrictions to fight meth
The Oregonian
Excerpt: "The big part of the bill, in my mind, is the
international controls on pseudoephedrine," said Rob Bovett,
legal counsel to the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association.
"Because if the administration is not successful in getting
voluntary compliance from China, India and Mexico to cut off the
supply of pseudoephedrine feeding the superlabs, then we need to take
strong action" . . . Bovett, a longtime Oregon advocate of
tighter controls on pseudoephedrine, said Thursday's vote is cause to
celebrate. "For the first time in probably a decade," Bovett
said, "I start to see the light at the end of the tunnel."
February
17, 2006
Town
Hall to focus on meth epidemic response
Newport News-Times
February
10, 2006
OCCC
goes high tech with new videoconference capabilities
Newport News-Times
February 2006
Meth: The Oregon
Front 2006
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)
Click here
to read Rob's OPB essay
February 2006
FRONTLINE:
The Meth Epidemic
Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
Click here
to read FRONTLINE's interview with Rob
February 1, 2006
Bovett
to take part in meth talk on public TV
Newport News-Times
January 29, 2006
Expert: Meth children face
intense neglect, toxic danger
Lewiston (Maine) Sun-Journal
Excerpt: Two meth lab busts in Lewiston-Auburn last week
"is a horrible trend for you," said Rob Bovett, a lawyer for
the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association who has appeared on
National Public Radio and television, and network morning news
magazines speaking on the country's problems with methamphetamines . .
. Maine needs to pass laws, enforce those laws and treat addicts, he
said last week.
December 12, 2005
Oregon
fights meth labs
PBS Jim Lehrer NewsHour
November 18,
2005
Nature
Discovery
School
celebrated Red Ribbon Week
Newport News-Times
November 10, 2005
Meth bill may miss
potential pipeline
The Oregonian
Excerpt: Four years ago, market researcher Jonathan Robbin
sat down to estimate how much cold medicine a typical convenience
store in Oregon could legitimately expect to sell in a month. The
answer: about $40. But Robbin's 2001 study . . . found 84 convenience
stores in Oregon and Southwest Washington that sold more than $500 of
the potential methamphetamine ingredient each month . . . An
additional 31 other types of businesses - from tobacco shops to
restaurants and even a video store - rang up $500 or more a month,
when Robbin predicted their sales should be zero. One Portland smoke
shop made $4,300 in sales of pseudoephedrine pills a month. The
question of whether or not small mom-and-pop stores need to sell
pseudoephedrine to survive is at the heart of the ongoing debate in
Congress over how to regulate sales of cold medicine. On Wednesday,
the House Judiciary Committee approved a measure that would allow
convenience stores and other retailers to keep selling pseudoephedrine
products, as long as they kept a customer log and stored the products
behind the counter . . . Rob Bovett, an advocate of Oregon's new
pharmacy-only pseudoephedrine rules, said that Robbin's research shows
it would be a mistake to allow convenience stores to continue selling
pseudoephedrine products. Oregon confined the sale of those medicines
to pharmacies in May, which Bovett credits with a 79 percent decline
in meth-lab seizures. "This isn't rocket science," said
Bovett, the legal counsel to the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement
Association. "We know what works, we know what doesn't
work."
November 9, 2005
Anti-meth bill
expected to move to House floor
The Oregonian
Excerpt: One main element in Sensenbrenner's bill differs
significantly from Feinstein's original proposal. Feinstein and Sen.
Jim Talent, R-Mo., had proposed allowing only pharmacies to sell the
pseudoephedrine products, with limited exceptions. The Sensenbrenner
amendment would allow any retailer to sell the products as long as
they are kept behind the counter. Rob Bovett, legal counsel to the
Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association, said that change weakens the
bill significantly. Oregon last year required all stores to keep
pseudoephedrine products behind store counters. Bovett said meth lab
seizures fell 47 percent from November through April. In May,
Oregon went a step further and banned sales of certain pseudoephedrine
products by any business but a pharmacy. Bovett said lab seizures are
down 79 percent since then. Pharmacists are better equipped to prevent
diversion of cold medicines than convenience store operators, he said.
"The concern is that they're leaving these things in the
convenience stores," Bovett said. "We know from experience
in Oregon that that's a huge mistake."
November 2, 2005
In
the trenches of the war on meth
ABC News
November 2, 2005
Red
Ribbon awards
Newport News-Times
September 16,
2005
Film
students tap into existing resources for Tsunami Awareness Project
Newport News-Times
August 21, 2005
Oregon
law restricts meth-related medications
National Public Radio (NPR)
August 18, 2005
Feds
to unveil war on meth
ABC News (Good Morning America)
August 10, 2005
Celebrating
success
Newport News-Times
August 2, 2005
Oregon passes landmark
drug law
The Wall Street Journal
Excerpt: Last year the state's narcotics division shut down an
average of 40 clandestine methamphetamine labs a month, according to
Rob Bovett, legal counsel for the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement
Association . . . Oregon lab seizures were cut in half following a
"behind-the-counter" state law passed last November. The new
bill will seek to prevent what is known as "group smurfing,"
or groups of methamphetamine addicts purchasing legal limits of PSE
products from multiple pharmacies.
August 2, 2005
Meth fight cuts access to
top cold medicines
Eugene Register-Guard
Excerpt: . . . it's part of many small steps that are bound to
make a big difference, according to Rob Bovett, legal counsel for the
Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association and a member of the
governor's task force on meth - which lobbied for the law. The task
force got about 20 other lower-profile changes in state law -
including, for example, more funding for drug abuse prevention,
tougher penalties for meth dealers, money to expand drug courts as a
proven tactic to combat addiction and crime, and measures to control
other chemicals essential to meth making, Bovett said. Additionally,
Congress is moving to attack the international trade in chemicals that
are diverted to illegal drug production, he said. Efforts on both the
state and federal levels coincide with a withdrawal of opposition from
the pharmaceutical industry as drug companies devise new formulas for
their cold medications. Drug company opposition to Oregon's
prescription law dropped dramatically this year, Bovett added. "I
think we're making a lot of progress this year. I think we got most
all of the 20 things we needed from the state Legislature,"
Bovett said. "The beautiful thing is it is bipartisan, both at a
state level and the federal level."
July 22, 2005
Oregon
considers prescriptions for sudafed
National Public Radio (NPR)
July 19, 2005
Standing strong for
meth legislation (op ed)
The Oregonian
June 24, 2005
House panel
unanimous in advancing cold pill bill
The Oregonian
Proposed federal legislation would confine all medicine containing
pseudoephedrine behind pharmacy counters. If approved, it would
pre-empt state laws, even those that are more restrictive. "They
want to lower the bar," said Rob Bovett of the Oregon Narcotics
Enforcement Association. "We're going to fight the pre-emption
clause."
June 22, 2005
New cold pills
strike at home meth labs
The Oregonian
Excerpt (comparison box)
May
25, 2005
Meth
Awareness from the student perspective
Newport News-Times
May 24, 2005
Cold-tab sales
limits praised for meth lab numbers' drop
The Oregonian
Exerpt: The Bush
administration recognizes the gains but doesn't push for nationwide
adoption of restrictions . . . It's very conservative," said
Bovett, whose group represents state, local and federal police and
prosecutors. "They're dancing a fine line here, because I think
the evidence is in. It works. I think what they're doing is trying to
placate the many political forces in D.C." . . . "I'm
hearing huge sighs of relief," Bovett said. "The pressure's
been taken off from just going from one lab to the next."
May
6, 2005
The
three-legged stool (op ed)
Newport News-Times
April
27, 2005
This
talk needs to go beyond the choir (editorial)
Newport News-Times
April
27, 2005
News
is mixed at meth awareness forum
Newport News-Times
April 15, 2005
Breakthrough in
meth fight was bitter pill
The Oregonian
Excerpt: Two years ago, when a bill aimed at fighting meth cooks
came up for a vote in the House Judiciary Committee, lawmakers
literally had just one question: Did you take out the stuff the
lobbyists for the retailers didn't like? . . . Rob Bovett, an attorney
who works for Lincoln County and is on state narcotics task forces,
said it was clear to the police by 2003 that Oregon wasn't keeping
cold pills containing pseudoephedrine out of the hands of meth cooks.
"Smurfers" were hopping from store to store, buying packs of
Sudafed two or three at a time to turn over to meth cooks. "The
smurfers and the cooks told us, put (the pills) behind the counter,
and it will shut us down," Bovett said . . . (but now) they will
also find a lot more support if they want to further controls on cold
pills. "We're fine with about any and all restrictions on this
product," said Tom Holt, a lobbyist for the pharmacist's
association. Two years ago, his group had fought restrictions. But, he
conceded, "we were just wrong."
April
8, 2005
A
simple solution (editorial)
Newport News-Times
April
8, 2005
Meth
labs reduced
Newport News-Times
April
8, 2005
Local
students making public service announcement films against meth
Newport News-Times
March
11, 2005
Hooley
files legislation to make meth fight federal
Newport News-Times
February
25, 2005
Newport
considers vehicle forfeiture in drunk
driving cases
Newport News-Times
February
23, 2005
Meth
fighting bill is introduced
Newport News-Times
December
3, 2004
Group
Home groundbreaking
Newport News-Times
November
24, 2004
County
to get $300,000 for fight against meth
Newport News-Times
November
17, 2004
Restrictions
now in effect for the sale of certain cold remedies
Newport News-Times
October
22, 2004
Appreciates
efforts in the fight against meth (letter to the editor)
Newport News-Times
October
20, 2004
Grant
to fund student productions of anti-meth messages
Newport News-Times
October
20, 2004
Two
residents credit community with helping them beat drugs
Newport News-Times
October 15, 2004
County
supports governor's efforts against meth epidemic
Newport News-Times
October
6, 2004
Governor
seeks new regulations in fight against meth
Newport News-Times
July
28, 2004
Bovett
gives history of
county
DUII
forfeiture law
Newport News-Times
July
21, 2004
Meth
Watch backers court
Lincoln
City
participation
Newport News-Times
May
26, 2004
Meth
Watch - Oregon
announces program to fight meth production
Newport News-Times
May
26, 2004
'No
meth, not here' is mantra meth summit delivers to Lincoln
County
Newport News-Times
April
21, 2004
County
to get a second, $250,000 anti-meth grant
Newport News-Times
March
15, 2004
County
gets report on low-income housing programs
Newport News-Times
February
11, 2004
Community
involvement key in halting meth epidemic (op ed)
Newport News-Times
August
1, 2003
Bovett
honored
Newport News-Times
Blast from the
past
May 28, 2003
Local
attorneys receive 'Respect for Law' Awards (Marcia and
Rob)
Newport News-Times
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