San Francisco: Laurel Heights meth lab shocks neighbors

Meth lab bust in Laurel Heights neighborhood

San Francisco: Neighbors of the affluent community. known as Laurel Heights, were shocked to learn that they’d been living next to a meth lab. Laurel Heights is the kind of neighborhood that most people would never suspect of housing a meth lab – including the police. Meth labs have sprung up all over the country, …..Read More

Florida: John Osborn and Tessa Wagy sentenced to 110 years

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Florida: John Osborn and Tessa Wagy have been sentenced to 110 years in prison for a meth lab explosion in their home that nearly ended their daughter Johnna’s life. John Osborn was sentenced today to 60 years in prison, despite the fact that he still denies that the explosion and fire was caused by a …..Read More

Northampton meth lab update: Four suspects plead innocent

Edmund Bowen leaving court after pleading innocent to meth manufacturing charges.

Northampton meth lab update: Four suspects have entered innocent pleas on charges that they were involved with the manufacture of meth in the attic of a Bridge Street home. Edmund Bowen, 27,  denied charges in Hampshire Superior Court today that he cooked meth in an apartment house located at 227 Bridge Street. Police allege that …..Read More

Northampton MA meth lab raises questions about clean up standards

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Northampton, Massachusetts: Who’s responsible for the cost of meth lab clean up in a state that doesn’t have clean up standards? According to the city of Northampton, who posted a quarantine notice on the apartment building of Patricia Gantes, it’s the property owner.  According to Patricia Gantes, who owns a home that was contaminated by …..Read More

Meth Lab Chemicals List

“Toxic chemicals can be ingested either by consuming contaminated food or beverages or by inadvertently consuming the chemicals directly. (Young children present at laboratory sites are at particular risk of ingesting chemicals.) Ingesting toxic chemicals—or methamphetamine itself—may result in potentially fatal poisoning, internal chemical burns, damage to organ function, and harm to neurological and immunologic …..Read More

Million dollar meth lab in Colorado Springs (video)

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Video: Million dollar meth lab home in Colorado Springs sparks litigation over who owns the home and the clean up problem.

Colorado Springs: Million dollar meth lab home sparks legal battles

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Colorado Springs lawsuit: A million dollar meth lab home built in 2006 in the Peregrine-Tuscany Heights neighborhood that was sold this summer for $1,050,000 now lies vacant. Its new owners, Bryan Groth, a podiatrist, and his wife Kimberly Gielarowski, an attorney, can no longer live there according to Colorado law and a 90 page meth …..Read More

Illinois AG plans to tighten grip on meth offenders

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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has a plan that will tighten the state’s grip on meth offenders. Last year, 448 meth labs were found in Illinois and an additional 333 meth labs have been found across the state so far this year. If Lisa Madigan’s plan to keep meth makers from re-offending becomes law: Anyone …..Read More

CVS fined $75 million for pseudoephedrine sales violations

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CVS  has been ordered to pay $75 million dollars in fines for failing to restrict the sale of pseudoephedrine in Arizona, Georgia, California, Nevada, and South Carolina and several other states. The fine imposed on CVS by federal prosecutors is the largest civil penalty ever imposed for violations of the Controlled Substances Act. In addition …..Read More

Maryland: Meth lab chemicals in basement worry soldier

Picture of the types of chemicals used to make meth

I am concerned that I have purchased a meth lab home. Our neighbor recently informed us that our basement had been used as a meth lab in the past. I have talked to our County Sheriff, the local Health Department, State Police, Drug Task Force investigator, and even had the local Fire Department come to …..Read More