Transcript Clandestine Drug Labs/Meth

Clandestine
Drug
Labs/Meth
Lab Produced Drugs
 Methamphetamine
 Marijuana
 Cocaine
 Others
Methamphetamine
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be a legal prescription (Desoxyn)
 Most often encountered in illegal/illecit
production and use
 Powerful stimulant
 Highly addictive
 Taken by injection, smoking, snorting,
rectal
Methamphetamine
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indications of
meth use
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Meth mouth
“bugs” under
the skin
Extreme
hyperactivity
Inability to
sleep
Meth Production
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methods
“Bathtub” method
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production for distribution
 Houses/apartments/self storage units/pickups
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“Shake n Bake” method
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for self consumption
 Usually a 2 liter bottle
The Key Ingredient
 Ephedrine
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and/or pseudoephadrine
Found in cold/allergy meds, Primatine
inhalers, etc.
 Efforts
under way to control access to
these key ingredients
Other Ingredients
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Gasoline additives
Rubbing alcohol
Ether
Benzene
Paint thinner
Freon
Acetone
Chloroform
Camp stove fuel
Anhydrous ammonia
White gasoline
Phenyl-2-propane
Phenylacetone
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Phenylpropanolamine
Rock, table or Epsom salt
Red phosphorus
Toluene
Red devil lye
Muriatic/hydrochloric acid
Battery acid
Lithium from batteries
Sodium
Iodine
Iodine crystals
Ammonium nitrate
Meth Methods
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Lithium and ammonia
Also known as the “nazi” method
Can substitute some materials
Basis of both bathtub and shake n bake
methods of production
 Hydroiodic
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acid/red phosphorus method
Red phosphorus from matches
Problems with Meth
Production
 Fire/explosions
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Potentially class D fires
 Chemical
contamination
 Toxic leftovers
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Ammonia, phosphine, methylamine,
acetone, chloroform, iodine, white/red
phosphorus, hydrogen chlorine,
hydrochloric acid, hydrogen iodine, lithium,
sodium, ether, methamphetamine gas
Meth Names
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Speed
Meth
Ice
Crystal
Chalk
Crank
Tweak
Uppers
Black Beauties
Glass
Bikers Coffee
Methlies Quick
Poor Man’s Cocaine
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Chicken Feed
Shabu or shabu-shabu
Crystal Meth
Stove Top
Trash
Go Fast
Yaba
Yellow Bam
Meth in Indiana
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1999, law enforcement investigated 177
labs
 In 2010, 1395
Meth and LEA
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enforcement generally prefers to
handle meth labs on their own
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We turn it into a “hazmat”
 Attracts
attention
 Takes time
 Disrupts their investigation
 They
typically burn whatever they can