meth lab by-products

[doghunter]

took a class at the fire dept last night about meth labs. if you find plastic bottles in the woods with a whitish-yellow residue in them dont even touch them also look for alkaline battery casings, lye cans,matchbooks,propane tanks or any pressure tank ,plastic bottles with hoses or balloons attached these are the waste from meth cooking. just moving them can cause the chemical reactions to restart producing invisible vapors that can kill  or cause permanent damage  call local law enforcement or fire dept and walk away  we have enough danger in our jobs without this crap blindsiding us lets be safe out there and go home for supper every day 

[shinnlinger]

And to think some folks put that IN their bodies.....

[RPF2509]

I agree with the post.  Meth waste is extremely toxic and should never be messed with.  Contact the sheriff if you suspect even a little bit that you have meth waste.  A lot of common household components are used to process meth such as garbage cans, propane tanks, mop buckets, rubber gloves.  Any type of liquid is suspect and should not be touched.  Strong acids and bases are commonly used and if mixed can be explosive.  There are many methods to extract the meth so I can't list what to look for here. The usual protocol for cleanup crews is full hazmat gear.  It is in your best intrest to get this stuff off your property as soon as possible.  LEOs are trained in this and a meth waste dump site is a crime scene.  DON'T TRY THE CLEANUP ON YOU OWN.  GET EXPERT HELP.

[Jeff]

I put a page together on the Adopt-A-Forest website on this several years ago to help volunteers to stay safe.

http://cleanforests.org/safezone/methlabs.shtml

[banksiana]

Very good write up.  Saved that one.   Meth is bad news and more wide spread than one thinks.

[chain]

My hired help found a one gallon spray jug in a road ditch yesterday, he said he opened and poured out some salt-looking stuff; he brought the jug in. >:(

Meth has a long history in this area, one thing about it, you can surely tell who is on the drug. There are stories too sad to tell on this forum...meth=death.

[Raider Bill]

When I first bought the Tenn land we had a big problem with cookers. Found 5 sites where they camped out and cooked. Because I was transient they could cook while I was gone.
Once I started the building process and was up there more than not they moseyed along. Few years ago we watched a guy set up a camp across the County road. Propane, solvent, gold spray paint, little red pills., strike anywhere matches etc.  Fired a couple warning shots from 2 different directions and he got the picture. Word got out that there was some crazy Florida Bikers with guns on the hill no more problems.
I'm hearing they have a new way called shake and bake where it's actually done in a car or truck that's driving. When done they just throw the residue out the window.
It's s bad drug ruining many many lives but like you say there's no hiding the fact your using.

[clww]

"NO Hope In Dope!"
I'll stick to the still and white lightning.

[banksiana]

About a month ago I saw where a car had run in the ditch and been pulled out.  They left a bunch of trash in the snow so I stopped to pick up the trash, lottery tickets, mountain dew bottles and about 20 butane lighters, some with the cap pried off.  Any idea what they were doing with those?  I couldn't figure it out.

[Raider Bill]

The ingredients they use baffle me. Solvents, matches, sinus pills, gold spray paint and a whole list of other crap. I dunno seems like a bunch of poison yet it's a best seller.
In this area of Florida it's not a big deal. Don't see much of it at all really here it's pills and crack.
In Tenn it's Pills and Meth. And to top it off most of the pills come from Florida. They flock here for "pain management"

[Mooseherder]

I had to deal with a Pain management person this morning.
His problem has been largely ignored for many years.
He was falling asleep in my meeting.
I made the intervention call after the meeting and he was escourted to the test lab.
He'll have to straighten out now or be gone for good.

[chain]

Went down to where the spray-jug was found and emptied. According to web photos for identity of meth, the substance does appear somewhat like crystal meth, yet also resembles regular ice creme salt...but  in a spray jug. ??? May have someone check it out in a.m.

[beenthere]

Now with your fingerprints on it?  : :   ;)

[chain]

According to the DTF officer this[one gallon spray jug and contents] evidence appears to be the real deal. He has picked up several spray jugs over the last few weeks as they[jugs] are being used in 'shake & bake' meth. My help was very lucky indeed, as when opening the jug he was not injured.

This was quite a coincidence and very timely thread, a big "THANK-YOU" to Doghunter for this important info!

[treefarmer87]

its a shame idiots come into the woods and do dumb stuff.  :(

[Warren]

Meth is a big problem here is our area as well.  Supposedly our county is one of the top two or three counties in the state due to close proximity to both Cincinnati, and Lexington.  Have had two  meth lab busts within 3 mile either direction on our road, a "rolling meth lab" in a travel trailer piled up at the end of our road while attempting to evade police, and an accident in front of our house last year where "multiple meth precursors and by products" were ejected from one of the vehicles as a result of the accident.  Again, 2 liter Mt Dew bottles with liquid and residue.

The boy driving the truck where everything popped out after the crash, went to jail after he was discharged from the hospital.  The travel camper was promptly loaded onto a roll back and buried at the local landfill as soon as the investigators figured out that it was contaminated.

My wife has done some chemical dependency counseling.  Her impression is that most people who "try meth" are hooked on meth after just the first use. No easing into it like maybe a marijuana or cocaine...  And the rate of repeat offenders, even after completing treatment programs, is in the 70% to 90% range...  Bad stuff....

[Kansas]

Meth is a big problem in Kansas. Suspect I stumbled on to a campsite a few years ago when looking at timber. It was abandoned at that time.What I can't believe is they try and jug up anhydrous ammonia to use. Having worked around that stuff at the Co-op some years back, I hated the stuff. I did everything I could to find something else to do rather than fill tanks.

If someone wants a job, I always try to get them to smile. The teeth give it away.