Landlords may have meth lab rentals listed on website

Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico has appointed a special board to figure out what to do with contaminated homes that are being rented and sold in his state.

Although, the actions proposed by Governor Richardson’s board will help to protect renters and future home buyers in New Mexico, nothing is being said about how current and future owners will pay for the cost of decontaminating their property. Innocent home owners may, once again, be handed the bill for the cleanup, despite the fact that they were not responsible for contaminating their property.

Are the rolling meth labs in New York a sign of things to come ?

The meth lab problem in the U.S. is making its way eastward and its doing it quickly. Why? Because it can. When meth cooks put “shake and bake” meth labs inside vehicles, the meth lab problem can move in to a community within a matter of seconds, minutes, or hours. Mobile meth labs, also called rolling meth labs, have now been discovered in central New York.

New York’s Senator Schumer recently asked the DEA to put more drug enforcement agents on the border between Read more

Pennsylvania meth cook used cave to make $1 million in meth

If you enjoy hiking and exploring caves you may be at a greater risk from your fellow man than you are of wandering bears. According to a recent report by the Pittsburg Post-Gazette, the Northwestern PA Task Force found a meth manufacturing operation that was housed in a man-made cave on his property. If his house gets sold, new home buyers should be aware that the grounds surrounding the home have been contaminated with meth chemicals. The Gazette report doesn’t mention any contamination found inside of Read more

New Mexico Attorney General rallies behind anti-meth education programs

Gary King, Attorney General of New Mexico,  believes that educating kids about the dangers of using meth will help his state to hold back the tide of New Mexico’s meth problem. His mission to educate children state wide will begin by initiating a new anti-meth education program at the Read more

Summit County Ohio agrees to set up an online meth lab database

Akron - The Methamphetamine Property Awareness Task Force and the Summit County Council have joined hands to help combat methamphetamine. On August 11, 2008, the Council agreed to adopt the recommendations made by the Meth Task Force to a county-wide system of identifying meth labs.

Law enforcement agencies will now submit a nationally recognized form from the El Paso Intelligence Center to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office when they discover a meth lab. The information on those forms will Read more

Oregon inmate says that meth makes you evil

Meth makes you evil, according to an Oregon inmate who knows first hand about the effects of methamphetamine. Meth, according to one law enforcement officer in this video, touches the lives of everyone in Oregon. He says that if you live in Oregon, you either know someone who has a problem with meth, or you have a relative that is involved with it.

New York’s Senator Schumer wants Canada to keep meth out of his state

Canada, like many U.S. regions, has been invaded by meth, a highly addictive and illegal drug that has never been much of a problem in the northeastern region of the U.S. New York Senator Charles Schumer knows that could easily change though, if the DEA and the Canadian government can’t stop meth from crossing the border in to New York’s communities. Schumer has asked the DEA to Read more

Proposed meth lab cleanup legislation in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio is unfair to property owners

If Cuyahoga Falls city leaders have their way, property owners there will pick up the entire tab for meth labs. At a recent meeting about the meth lab problem there, Assistant Law Director Hope Jones told residents that they are considering making property owners responsible for paying the expenses incurred by the police department, meth lab testing fees, and the building department’s cost to vacate the property, in addition to the meth lab decontamination cleanup that are already placing financial burdens on property owners there and across the U.S.

Jones also told attendees of the meeting that the average cost of cleaning their meth lab home would set Read more

Cuyahoga Falls Ohio residents discuss who should be responsible to clean up meth lab homes

Ohio lawmakers would like to make it perfectly clear who is responsible to pay for the cleanup of clandestine meth lab homes - the property owner. They would also like those same property owners to pay for any costs incurred by the police for their administrative costs. The law they would like to see pass would require a property owner to fully disclose the property’s history to future buyers or renters. Residents in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio recently met to express their concerns about the burden of the clean up costs and Read more

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