Flint Michigan inventor suspected of operating a meth lab

A process server who had come to the home of 54 year-old, Joseph Donnelly, noticed something unusual about his home. Something so unusual, that it required he make a 911 call to the local police. When police and firefighters responded to the call for help, they discovered containers of unmarked chemicals and equipment – the makings of a meth lab. But, a search of the home for meth came up empty. It didn’t surprise Donnelly. He was making something that he knew was worth much more than methampethamine. Read more

Meth Legislation: Senate and Representatives Track Sheet

S. 103 – Senator Talent (R-MO) introduced on January 24, 2005 the “Combat Meth Act of 2005,” a bill to respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamine in the United States, and for other purposes. Among many things, the bill would have SAMHSA establish a methamphetamine research, training, and technical assistance center “in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health” The bill was Read more

UC Merced Student Jason West gets charges dropped in plea deal

September 26, 2008 – Jason West, 36, a former UMerced doctoral candidate, who was arrested on meth related charges, has agreed to a plea deal that will eliminate charges of grand theft and conspiracy to distribute meth. When the Merced Multi-Agency Narcotics Task Force, the Narcotics Enforcement Team, and the Fresno Methamphetamine Task Force arrested West at his home on the 100 block of Castle Drive in Atwater, they found chemicals and Read more

Kansas pharmacies test piloting pseudoephedrine tracking program

Kansas is test piloting a program called Methshield that has been used successfully in Australia to electronically track the purchases of products containing pseudoephedrine. The electronic tracking program is expected to help the meth lab prevention efforts of drug enforcement agents in the state. Read more

Meth lab homes still being rented and sold to innocent families

An investigation by Channel 5 news reveals the dangers that renters and homeowners still face all across the country.

Before you buy or rent, be sure you do your own investigation! Call the police department, sheriff’s office, and health department and ask questions- your health and the health of your family depends on it!

Iowa gets $2 million in grants to fight meth with help of Senator Harkin

With billions of dollars destined to bail out America’s corporations and banks, it was nice to hear that some politicians still remember the “little guys”, who need help too. Iowa, like so many other states, across America, is fighting a war against methamphetamine. Senator Harkin knows that the U.S. can’t afford to Read more

The meth lab puzzle in Oregon is closer to getting solved

A researcher from Oregon State University has done what I wish every state would do – combine data to get a clearer view of how meth is impacting their state and where is it impacting them the most. Dr. Daniel Sudakin, the author of the OSU study, hopes to be able to get a clearer picture of meth’s impact on Read more

Ingredients used to make meth

Every ingredient used to make meth is legal to purchase. Meth cooks will have an unusual amount of these ingredients.  After they use the ingredients to make meth, the empty containers need to be disposed of. Some meth cooks throw the containers out in their regular trash, while others throw their trash in to trash bags and toss them out on  roadsides, in the woods, or in dumpsters behind stores, etc.

Some of the chemicals that are found at meth labs include:

Cold and Sinus medicines containing pseudoephedrine / ephedrine
Denatured Alcohol
Rubbing Alcohol
Paint Thinner
Camping Fuel
Toluene
Lye
Muratic (hydrochloric) acid
Brake Cleaner
Gun Cleaner
Butane Fuel
Engine Starter
Methanol
Gasoline
Acetone
Red Phosphorus
Sodium Metal
Potassium Metal
Table Salt
Iodine Crystals
Tincture of Iodine.
Lithium Metal / Lithium Batteries (used in digital cameras)
Lighter Fluid
MSM
Kerosene
Drain Cleaners
Ethyl Ether (Starting Fluid)
Anhydrous Ammonia (typically stored in propane tanks or coolers. Anhydrous ammonia stored in a propane tank will turn the nozzle bluish-green)

Identity theft and fake meth lab registry sites

In my efforts to keep my visitors informed about how to better protect themselves from renting or buying a meth lab home, it worries me to think about how many viewers will go to sites that will give them misleading information. One such site, that recently turned up on the net, requires vistors to enter personal information in order to get access to a list of web sites in the U.S. The site attempts to make visitors “think” it is an official site by prominently displaying a picture of a government building on it.

Knowing full well that there is no database anywhere in the world that contains that information, I asked a friend to sign up to see just what kind of information they had to offer. When you sign up for the site, you Read more

Walmart helps fight the growth of meth labs

A Wal-Mart employee’s tip led to the recent arrest of two men accused of running a methamphetamine lab in a FEMA trailer in Slidell. This video was originally published in November 2007 by WDSU 6.

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