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M <br />or playing in the area. Clan labs also present a great danger to investigating officers as they <br />respond to investigate reports of suspicious activity and may be untrained or unprepared to enter <br />a dangerous environment. <br />As more and more meth users are kept in county jails and state prisons, associated prisoner <br />health costs relating to medical, dental and psychiatric needs are soaring. According to the <br />Minnesota Department of Corrections, dental costs alone for prisoners during 2003 were pegged <br />at $1.19 million and in 2004 had escalated to $2.05 million. Ms. Durkin stated that "meds are <br />passed out like Jell-O" to inmates who are being treated for meth use and jails are now finding it <br />necessary to hire "shrinks" to deal with inmate psychiatric requirements. Very few county <br />budgets anticipated or are prepared for these added expenses. <br />Rl3:vj <br />