Special Reports

Meth Lab Trash: What you should know about it

Meth labs create five to seven pounds of trash for every pound of meth that’s produced – all of which need to be disposed of. Chemicals used to make meth are often poured in to household drains or on to the ground. Solid wastes (empty bottles, chemical containers, tubing, pseudoephedrine packaging, empty matchbooks, lithium battery casings,... Read more of this article

Meet Brad Hearon: Former meth lab cook and burn survivor

Brad Hearon, former meth lab cook and burn survivor, was making meth in his El Camino pickup on the night of January 7, 2003, thinking it would be no different than any other time that he’d made meth.  But, he was wrong, almost dead wrong. Doctors gave him less than a 1% chance of surviving the burns he received on that fateful night, when his... Read more of this article

David Parnell former meth addict survives suicide attempt – video

David Parnell. a former meth addict from TN, tried to commit suicide by shooting himself, when his wife threatened to leave him and take their 7 children with them. He survived his suicide attempt but still craved methamphetamine for a year. Parnell had been a meth addict for 14 years. He is now touring the country trying to keep kids from ever trying... Read more of this article

Churubusco Indiana: 501 South Main St up for sale

South Main St. in Churubusco, Indiana used to be called home by Julie Sabatino and her son.  But in 2009, after they had experienced unusual health problems, Julie, a single mom, discovered something about the home that no one told her when she bought the home – it had previously been used to manufacture meth and no one had ever decontaminated... Read more of this article

Elderly motel owner troubled by recent meth lab bust

OCEAN SPRINGS, MS: An elderly woman, who says she runs a cheap motel to help those down on their luck, says she will fight the city in court to keep her motel open after a recent meth lab explosion. Police say that they’ve made dozens of calls to the motel for a wide range of problems including drugs and domestic disturbances since 2008 and recently... Read more of this article

Russellville Alabama: Greenwood Inn motel for sale

Greenwood Inn in Russellville Alabama is up for sale. The selling price has been listed as $1,800,000.  Buyers and vacationers should be aware that a meth lab was found at this motel, despite the fact that the listing for the property doesn’t mention it. Officers found a one-pot meth lab in a bathroom at the motel and saw ingredients that indicated... Read more of this article

Mark Buckner: One drop of sweat changed his life

Mark Buckner says that “all it took was one drop of sweat” to cause his meth lab to explode – an explosion that blew him out of his RV, burned him on over sixty percent of his body, and destroyed everything that he owned. Buckner says he “done it for the money”. This National Geographic video (click the link to view) brings... Read more of this article

Landlords fall victim to meth cooks

Landlords, like other homeowners, have become the victims of meth cooks.  Meth lab cooks who rent homes can burn down the property owners home or contaminate the building with toxic chemicals. Property that has been contaminated by meth lab chemicals can cost a property owner anywhere from five thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars; in some... Read more of this article

Vermont meth labs concern police, firefighters and EMTS

Vermont police, firefighters, and EMTs concerned about rise in meth labs. Residents should be concerned too. Recent discoveries of meth labs in Vermont have the state police, firefighters, and EMTs concerned about the growth of the illegal labs in the state.  Although police have only found five meth labs in the state this year, they report that meth... Read more of this article

Minnesota: Keller meth lab home sold in Sheriff’s sale

Justin and Kristi Keller of Cannon Falls, Minnesota no longer own a meth lab home. It was sold at a Sheriff’s sale to the lender who originally lent them the money to buy it, although the lender has gotten it at a significantly reduced price. Although the Kellers paid $250,000 for the home, the home was reportedly bought by Chase Home Finance... Read more of this article

Franklin Ohio meth lab explosion and fire kills three men

A meth lab fire in Franklin, Ohio took the lives of three people; who were found in the early morning hours of June 2nd among the charred rubble of a home once located at on 9135 Deardoff Road. The identities of the victims are still unknown due to the condition of their bodies, although one is believed to be thirty-eight-year-old Ray Broughton; who... Read more of this article

Utah meth lab law didn’t protect their babies

Utah meth lab law left Rachel and Adam Spencer and their babies unprotected from the health and financial consequences of renting a contaminated meth lab home. They say the heartache and suffering that they have been through could have been prevented for $45. This is their story. When Rachel and Adam Spencer rented an apartment in West Jordan, Utah,... Read more of this article

Home buyers expect realtors to know about meth labs

Home buyers expect that realtors know about homes that have been used as meth labs. Yet, many realtors don’t know much about them, according to what I’ve seen posted on Read more of this article  Read More →

Utah attorney talks about meth lab disclosures

I’m a personal injury attorney from Utah. To determine whether your house is a former meth house, you will want to check with your state Department of Housing to see what type of requirements there are for sellers to disclose this. In my opinion, selling a house without disclosing that it is a former meth house is extremely deceptive. It really amounts... Read more of this article

Talk about Oregon meth and prescription pseudoephedrine

Should the prescription requirement for pseudoephedrine mandate in Oregon be implemented in every state? Oregon Senator Ron Wyden thinks so and he has the support of prosecutors, pharmacists, and law enforcement agencies. But, what do the people who live in Oregon think? What does the rest of America think? Learn more about the meth problem in Oregon... Read more of this article