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)