Tennessee meth lab clean up: Federal funds are gone

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Tennessee: Meth lab clean up fund money from federal funds that helped the state clean up the toxic trash left by Tennessee meth makers have been depleted. This week, Tennessee law enforcement agencies learned that the federal money they receive to clean up meth labs is gone and they will have to find another way …..Read More

Casper Wyoming: 1445 S. Jackson Street A Meth Lab Home Story

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In 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico resident Licia Henderson found what she thought would be the perfect home in Casper, Wyoming. It had two bedrooms, hard wood floors, and new carpeting, according to the realtor’s pictures. It wasn’t a large home, but Licia, a single woman, didn’t require a lot of space. All she needed was …..Read More

Tennessee: Police find meth lab in drug rehab clinic

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Police arrested two men, who were residents of the Liberty Lodge Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center in LaVergne, Tennessee for setting up a meth lab in room 143, after being alerted to it by managers of the drug rehabilitation center.  The building, which once operated as the Driftwood Inn and the Lifetime Recovery Center, has …..Read More

David Parnell former meth addict survives suicide attempt – video

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David Parnell. a former meth addict from TN, tried to commit suicide by shooting himself, when his wife threatened to leave him and take their 7 children with them. He survived his suicide attempt but still craved methamphetamine for a year. Parnell had been a meth addict for 14 years. He is now touring the …..Read More

Utah meth lab law didn’t protect their babies

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Utah meth lab law left Rachel and Adam Spencer and their babies unprotected from the health and financial consequences of renting a contaminated meth lab home. They say the heartache and suffering that they have been through could have been prevented for $45. This is their story. When Rachel and Adam Spencer rented an apartment …..Read More

Soldiers sickened by chemical found in meth lab homes

U.S. Soldiers, who have been sickened by a chemical that’s been found in meth labs, are fighting a new war against an engineering and construction contractor, a contractor they feel is responsible for the health problems they have suffered as a result of their exposure to a deadly chemical. National Guard members from Indiana, Oregon, …..Read More

Motel closes after 7 rooms filled with meth lab chemicals

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The Cross Lanes Motel 6 on Goff Mountain Road in  WV has closed its doors, after finding out that 7 rooms in the motel were contaminated by meth lab chemicals.  On Thursday, July 9, 2009, around 10:30 a.m,  Detective V. Armstrong, Detective K. Shank and several other members of the Metro Drug Unit,  went to …..Read More

TN Holt family update: Hope fades as meth lab bills pile up

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Several months have passed, since I was first contacted by Rhonda Holt from Winchester, TN, and my most recent conversation with her was distressing. Despite all of what they have gone through, they still have a very steep hill to climb before they can see over the mountain of debt and health problems they’re facing …..Read More

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The Bates Family: Three tours in Iraq and and now a meth lab home

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John and Jessie Bates, a newlywed couple from Suquamish, had a healthy bank account, one car loan, and no debt, in 2008. John, 34, had completed three tours in Iraq with the U.S. navy, and came home to find a job as a pipefitter in Bangor. Jessie, 29, worked as a nanny, after leaving a …..Read More

TX Landlord opts for bulldozer over meth lab clean up

(August 12, 2009) Kory Sargeant, a landlord from Amarillo Texas says he will bulldoze the property he owns at 1904 Greg Street, where police arrested four people for manufacturing meth and child endangerment, on Monday. The meth lab was discovered, after Child Protective Services requested that police investigate the home, where they suspected that children …..Read More