New data from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics shows a drop in meth lab incidents by more than 50 percent in Oklahoma in 2014.

Anti-meth laws are not only stopping meth cooks from buying the drugs needed to make meth, they’re also stopping those buying it for meth cooks.

“We placed a bill into the legislature that was passed in 2011 that said you cannot get more than 60 grams of pseudoephedrine in a year without a prescription,” OBN spokesman Mark Woodward said. “That took effect in 2012 and labs just started dropping dramatically.”

The drop is meth labs have allowed the OBN to focus more time on finding people smuggling meth, or “ice” as it’s known on the street, into Oklahoma.

Despite the OBN shutting down major cartel cell groups operating in places like Tulsa County and Okmulgee County, meth use is still an epidemic in Oklahoma.

“We need to focus on treating those who are addicted, focus on those that are bringing meth into Oklahoma and then also working to keep kids off this path, so education in the schools is still very critical in this area,” Woodward said.

Having fewer meth labs in Oklahoma also means fewer meth fires, fewer children that are found in the homes with these dangerous chemicals and fewer meth-contaminated homes property owners have to deal with.