Firefighter escapes with his life in meth lab fire but loses his career

Darrien South, a volunteer fireman in Watauga County, North Carolina, has had to change his career as the result of the injuries he sustained in a meth lab fire.

Children get decontaminated after a meth lab home bust

Everything inside of a home that’s being used to make methamphetamine gets contaminated with toxic chemicals, including the adults and children living inside of them.

Are you a landlord that is worried about renting your property to a meth lab cook? If you haven’t read our list of precautions for landlords yet, you can click here to see them now.

Arkansas Meth Lab Addresses

The U.S. Department of Justice (“the Department”) published these meth addresses as a public service in 2006. The list includes addresses of some locations where law enforcement agencies reported they found chemicals or other items that indicated the presence of either clandestine drug laboratories or dumpsites.

The DOJ and Meth Lab Homes encourages all members of the public to verify the accuracy of all meth lab addresses they have listed by contacting local law enforcement agencies and local health departments. If you think there is an error in their meth lab database Read more

Super Meth Lab blows up in Madeira County, California

A 33 year old, Mexican national, is said to be responsible for a meth lab explosion in Madeira County, California. When firefighters arrived at the home, they discovered that the fire had originated in two sheds behind the house. The sheds were being rented by the Mexican meth cook. The lab was Read more

What happens when a meth lab explodes

Meth cooks face an ever present danger. Meth labs explode. But what happens after the explosion? Anyone in the home, including children and pets, face the risk of getting serious burns and breathing in deadly toxins, toxins that can burn their lungs, cause brain damage and cancer, and other serious health problems. Well, that’s what happens to the lucky ones, anyway. The others lose their lives.

But, meth cooks aren’t the only ones that are put at risk when a meth lab explodes. Once the explosion ends, the fire and the rescue efforts begin. To the firefighters, EMTs, and all who are willing to risk their lives to save others, thank you!

National Clandestine Meth Lab Registries: Facts and Fiction

I’m thinking about buying a home, but worry that it might have been a former meth lab. I’ve already checked the DEA website list of meth lab busts and I don’t see it listed there. Is it safe for me to buy it?

If a home or apartment that you are thinking about buying or renting has not been recorded by the DEA, DO NOT assume that the home was never used as a meth lab. The government does not require states to provide them with meth lab bust information, so the list provided by the DEA should not be considered complete.

*If you are searching for a meth lab home on the Internet, keep this in mind: Read more

Making Psuedephedrine products in to prescription drugs won’t solve the meth lab problem

Representative John Mizuno of Hawaii is asking legislators to make cold and allergy products containing pseudoephedrine available by prescription only. Mizuno hopes that by changing the classification of Sudafed and similar products to Schedule III drugs, that he will cut off the drugs that meth cooks need to Read more

If you don’t think meth affects your life, think again

Watch this video called “No Meth: The Raging Fire” to hear what community professionals and civilians have to say about how meth has effected their community.

Although this video was produced in 2006 in the state of Oregon, the problems that meth caused them still remain today, not only in Oregon but throughout most of the U.S.

Before you buy a foreclosed home ask yourself at least one question

If you are thinking about buying a home that is being sold as a foreclosure, ask yourself one question before you sign on the dotted line. Was the home ever used as a meth lab?

Police urge Pickens County, South Carolina city council to address meth lab home cleanup

Police in Pickens County, South Carolina have recommended that the City Council mandate the cleanup of meth lab homes. Currently, police do an initial cleanup after they make a meth lab bust, but no mandates are in place to insure that the home is free of toxins when someone else moves in. Assistant Sheriff Tim Morgan told Pickens County Council members that The “contaminants are very toxic and potentially deadly”.  Lt. Chad Brooks also told council members that meth lab homes “can be very hazardous to those occupants Read more

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