Tulsa, Oklahoma: Ayden Ross Jennings, who died on November 10, 2011, was just 15 months old when he lost his life in a meth lab fire in his mother’s home. The boy’s mother, Jennifer Michelle Jennings, 26, and Jacob Allen Bell, 35, are both facing charges of manufacturing meth and two counts of child neglect …..Read More
“New science shows that exposure to toxins prenatally or early in life can have a devastating and lifelong effect on the developing architecture of the brain. Exposures to many chemicals have much more severe consequences for embryos, fetuses, and young children, whose brains are still developing, than for adults.” ~ National Scientific Council on the …..Read More
Video: During a New Mexico Hearing on Air Quality and Children’s Health, Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) questioned Dr. Donna Upson of the American Lung Association about whether air pollution contributes to breathing problems. Upson’s response suggests that air pollution aggravates asthma and can creates respiratory health issues. Although the discussion focuses on outdoor pollutants, what …..Read More
Okmulgee, Oklahoma plans to fight their community’s meth lab problem, despite the recent opinion handed down by their state Attorney General. In the opinion of the AG, Oklahoma’s cities can not enact their own pseudoephedrine prescription laws, that is a right given only to state legislators. But earlier this year, state legislators failed to take …..Read More
David Brito, a Boyton Beach police officer, who was named Officer of the Year in January, is facing serious meth charges after an investigation by the DEA’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. David Brito, 28, who has worked for the Boyton Beach police department since 2006, was indicted on Tuesday for conspiring to possess …..Read More
William Spafford Smock, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine speaks his mind about pseudoephedrine, meth labs, and the Kentucky legislators who failed to pass a prescription pseudoephedrine law that would have helped the state eliminate its meth lab problem. Pseudoephedrine Scheduling …. or a date …..Read More
Missouri : Shawn Dagget, 32, a parolee who had a previous conviction for making meth, is facing serious charges after a meth lab bust on Friday in Harviell. According to news reports and probable cause statements made by Sgt. Brandon Waggoner, on March 31, 2011, Waggoner stopped at a residence on Highway 41, when he …..Read More
Massachusetts State Police arrested Richard W. Thunberg, Jr, a 50 year old retired Connecticut cop, after finding close to 2 pounds of methamphetamine in his vehicle. Ecstasy and equipment used for drug distribution was also found at his townhouse home in North Gosvenordale, Connecticut. Thunberg, a native of East Brookfield, had worked for the Plainfield, …..Read More
Ogletown Delaware: A home on East Rutherford Drive has been declared safe after a working meth lab was found in the basement by the New Castle County Police. Reports about the incident say that chemicals found inside the home were removed and the home was then declared safe. There is no mention of the home …..Read More
On July 1, 2010 Mississippi began requiring that consumers have a doctor’s prescription in order to buy pseudoephedrine; a popular drug among those who manufacture crystal meth. Oregon created a similar law in 2006, which they credit with a drastic reduction of meth manufacturing in their state. According to a 2008 DEA report, methamphetamine has …..Read More
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