Ohio: Cuyahoga Falls City Council Passes Cost of Hauling Away Meth Lab Chemicals to Property Owners

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Ohio: The Cuyahoga Falls City Council is passing the cost of hauling away meth lab chemicals on to property owners, who are already required to pay thousands of dollars, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars, to decontaminate their property.  According to Police Chief Tom Pozza, property owners are Tlikely to get billed somewhere between  $1,000 …..Read More

West Virginia: Boone County Career and Technical Center to remain closed pending meth clean up

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West Virginia:  The Boone County Career and Technical Center, which was closed on July 22nd because of meth contamination, does not expect to reopen to students by the start of the new school year on August 22, 2011. The West Virginia trade school, which tested positive for meth residue earlier this summer, is not expected …..Read More

Tennessee Methamphetamine Vehicle Title Legislation: What you should know

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Tennessee motor vehicles that have been used to make meth will have “methamphetamine vehicle” added to their title, if Senate bill SB 0266 becomes law. According to the bill, any law enforcement agency that impounds a vehicle that was used to make meth, will have to report that vehicle to the department of revenue within …..Read More

Indiana meth lab clean up money from DEA grants end

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Indiana: Meth lab clean up money that has been supported, in part, by DEA grants is expected to run out in just four months. It couldn’t come at a worst time. Meth labs are increasing across the Hoosier state. In 2010, Indiana had to pay for the clean up of 1,395 meth labs, an increase …..Read More

Flip that house: Meth lab foreclosures and cleanup costs

Buying a foreclosed home can be a lucrative purchase for real estate investors, who can successfully flip the house for thousands more than they paid for it. But, the growth of meth lab homes in the U.S. has made house flipping much less profitable than a decade ago. Combined with a slow economy, buying a …..Read More

Big Business: A Meth Lab Owner’s Story

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Ever wonder why someone would choose to make methamphetamine? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out – it’s easy money and it gives them a constant supply of the drug they that are typically addicted to. One meth lab owner confessed to Newsweek, that he made $200,000 a year – tax-free – …..Read More

Lender’s Nightmare: Meth Lab Homes

The Denver Post. Com reports that meth lab homes are a problem for lenders. A grandmother who was cooking meth in her kitchen was arrested and put in jail. The savings and loan that had originally loaned her the money to buy the house then foreclosed on the house, when her