Oregon University paying participants for meth study

Oregon Health and Science University is searching for volunteers for their study of chronic methamphetamine dependence and brain function. The study will involved MRI scans, tests of concentration and memory and problem solving. Participants will be paid $50, in the form of a Fred Meyer gift card, after successful completion of each study visit (up to $200 total.)

If you are 18 years old or older, have a  recent history of dependence on meth, be currently involved in a Read more

Wishes for 2010 from Meth Lab Homes

Wishing you and your family an abundance of good health, happiness, and prosperity in the New Year!

sincerely,

Dawn
methlabhomes.com

DEA Opens New Meth Lab Training Center in Quantico, VA

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has opened a new meth lab training and research center in Quantico, VA  on December 5, 2008 for law enforcement partners. The state-of-the-art,  31,000 square foot training facility took that took two years to complete, cost $16.4 million dollars to build. The training center has Read more

Indiana sees dramatic rise in meth labs in 2008

Meth labs are making a come back in Knox County, Indiana.  According to Steve Luce, Knox County Sheriff, meth labs in the county have significantly increased during the last 6 to 8 months. Luce attributes the increase to new methods of manufacturing meth that are being used by meth cooks in his County. The number of meth labs in the County have already increased 112% this year over last.

The meth lab problem in Knox County and in neighboring counties has increased so much in recent months, that the new Knox County jail, that is capable of housing 220 prisoners, may soon reach its capacity. If that happens, Luce says neighboring counties who are looking for a prison to put their prisoners in, may have to look elsewhere.

Indiana State Police have reported that so far this year they have busted 800 meth labs. The total number of meth lab busts in Indiana last year were 820.

Reference: “Meth Makes a Comeback”, WTHITV10, 10/210/08, http://www.wthitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9216539&nav=menu593_2

Kansas pharmacies test piloting pseudoephedrine tracking program

Kansas is test piloting a program called Methshield that has been used successfully in Australia to electronically track the purchases of products containing pseudoephedrine. The electronic tracking program is expected to help the meth lab prevention efforts of drug enforcement agents in the state. Read more

Iowa gets $2 million in grants to fight meth with help of Senator Harkin

With billions of dollars destined to bail out America’s corporations and banks, it was nice to hear that some politicians still remember the “little guys”, who need help too. Iowa, like so many other states, across America, is fighting a war against methamphetamine. Senator Harkin knows that the U.S. can’t afford to Read more

The meth lab puzzle in Oregon is closer to getting solved

A researcher from Oregon State University has done what I wish every state would do – combine data to get a clearer view of how meth is impacting their state and where is it impacting them the most. Dr. Daniel Sudakin, the author of the OSU study, hopes to be able to get a clearer picture of meth’s impact on Read more

Identity theft and fake meth lab registry sites

In my efforts to keep my visitors informed about how to better protect themselves from renting or buying a meth lab home, it worries me to think about how many viewers will go to sites that will give them misleading information. One such site, that recently turned up on the net, requires vistors to enter personal information in order to get access to a list of web sites in the U.S. The site attempts to make visitors “think” it is an official site by prominently displaying a picture of a government building on it.

Knowing full well that there is no database anywhere in the world that contains that information, I asked a friend to sign up to see just what kind of information they had to offer. When you sign up for the site, you Read more

Mexico drug dealer ships crystal meth to 54 year old man in PA

Over 6 million dollars worth of crystal meth won’t make it to dealers and meth addicts in Pennsylvania, since investigators discovered why 54 year-old Christopher McDaniel kept picking up boxes of porcelain dolls at a local shoe store called Ben’s Shoes – a store he didn’t own or work in.  Inside the dolls, that were being shipped to him from Mexico, was at least $6.6 million dollars worth of crystal meth, according to investigators.  Meth that would be sold to thousands of meth addicted customers in Read more

California Nutrition Store for Children busted for selling meth

Police in Long Beach, California arrested the owner of the Happy Mom and Pop’s Nutrition store after a month long investigation. Their investigation alleges that 42 year old Benjamin Enrique Vega was using his store to sell methamphetamine. His bail has been set at $30,000.

Source: “Long Beach kids’ store owner busted in meth raid”, Associated Press, 9/10/08, http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10427252?nclick_check=1

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