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rp_photo wrote:I believe it's time to legalize or at the very least decriminalize personal use of Marijuana while holding the line for now with other drugs.

This would immediately remove a burden on law enforcement and corrections, and "sate" a good percentage of the druggies.

ELB wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:
What does a meth lab look like. Will I know it when I see it? I've seen all sorts of billboards with rotten teeth people on them but what does a meth lab look like?

Here's a couple links that might help:

The narrative on this one leaves something to be desired, but there is a nice table that lists some signs -- scroll down to see it.
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Here is another one. Common signs are listed on the second webpage
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Our VFD went through "How to Make Your Own Meth..." errr, "Meth Lab Recognition" course awhile back, in case we roll up to an event that is more than your average structure fire or medical call. Basically, concentrations or collections of common household and automotive chemicals in uncommon amounts. Ammonia is often stored in inappropriate containers, like propane tanks, and the ammonia will discolor the valves, turning them blue (or maybe green, according to one article. I was taught blue). Locations might be accompanied by secretive, paranoid people (paranoid from both the effects of meth and the effect of not wanting to get caught) who look like the people on that billboard, and who paper over the windows -- and smoke their cigarettes on the porch or the yard (so they don't ignite flammable vapors in the house). Unusual chemical odors and unusual plumbing arrangements (PVC pipe hooked to the propane tank with the blue valve). Unusual amount of trash, containing empty chemical containers, chemical residue, and funny colored coffee filters.

Oh, here's a photograph of a meth lab: http://tagg.im/thread/124/how-to-identify-a-meth-lab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

mamabearCali wrote:Meth Labs scare the daylights out of me. They can be anything anywhere and one day just go boom! Not to mention the damage they do along the way to bystanders.

Keith B wrote:Two instances within 3 days of people cooking meth in a Tulsa, OK Walmart. 'Shake and Bake' meth labs can be as close as the person standing next to you. Just remember, the odor coming from that person next to you at Walmart may not be BO, but H2SO4.

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