OBN Director Darrell Weaver: Pseudoephedine Sales Booming In Oklahoma

“It’s all in how you want to twist or spin the numbers, but to us it’s pretty simple: They’ve got to have pseudoephedrine to make meth, and pseudoephedrine’s going to these labs and it’s increased 800 percent.” ~ Oklahoma State Narcotics Bureau Director Darrell Weaver testifying at the Oklahoma State Capitol about meth labs and …..Read More

St. Clair County Michigan: One Pot Meth Labs and Pseudoephedrine

“People will gladly exchange Sudafed for a small amount of meth. That gives them the vehicle to make more. It started on the west side of the state and finally migrated here.  Meth is big because they’re cooking all these little one-pots now”.  ~ St. Clair County Michigan Sheriff Lt. Rick Mouilleseaux, head of the county …..Read More

PA Police Chief Bill Worden Warns The Public About Children Exposed To Meth Lab Chemicals

“Exposed children develop tremors and sleep disorders and pregnant women may have placenta damage and preterm labor. If the babies survive, they are subject to intellectual disabilities.” ~ Port Jervis (Pennsylvania) Police Chief Bill Worden. Meth labs have been found in Stroudsburg, Wilkes-Barre, and Hazelton, as well as elsewhere in Columbia, Luzerne and Monroe counties, …..Read More

What The EPA Says About Toxic Air And Health Problems

“People who are exposed to toxic air pollutants at sufficient concentrations and for sufficient durations may increase their chances of getting cancer or experiencing other serious health effects. Depending on which air toxics an individual is exposed to, these health effects can include damage to the immune system, as well as neurological, reproductive (e.g., reduced …..Read More

Exposure to Toxins: Embryos, Fetuses, Young Children

“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

Motel And Hotel Methlabs: Costs and Risks In A Nutshell

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“When you get into hotels where it’s one night stay, where it’s quick cash, lower cost rooms, that’s where these people are going to come to. That is where they will congregate.The motels have to rent out to people, that’s what they’re in the business for. They do their best to ensure who the people …..Read More

Tulsa Apartment Association: Cost of Meth Labs

“The Tulsa Apartment Association says they can’t rent units until it has been remediated and clean up can cost apartments $6,000 to $300,000. Not mention the innocent residents and employees on the premises that are exposed to the toxic chemicals. ‘It’s a battle that we are facing constantly and we’re trying to keep our residents …..Read More

Methamphetamine: DEA Fast Facts

DEA FAST FACTS ABOUT METH: Meth is made in America as well as internationally Unlike heroin, cocaine, or Ecstasy, it is produced here within our borders. We can’t blame other countries for this problem. Meth is not just a big city problem Meth has become the most dangerous drug problem of small-town America. Traffickers make …..Read More

Attorney Generals on Meth

Opinions expressed by state Attorney Generals about methamphetamine and meth labs.

The Meth epidemic according to Sheriffs and County Associations

The National Association of Counties found that methamphetamine is the number 1 illegal drug problem for 47 percent of the counties in the United States, a higher percentage than that of