Wow.. Now we have apparently even outsourced Methamphetamine jobs.

Grandma has to show five picture IDs to get 6 sinus pills....and the US meth-makers are "out of work"..

But never fear.. China & India are shipping the "raw materials" to mexico

Talk about the law of unintended consequences :eyes:



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Port security eyed in shipment of meth drug
http://www.currentargus.com/ci_6475398
By Olga R. Rodriguez
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 07/27/2007 01:00:00 AM MDT

Mexico City - Chinese and U.S. authorities are investigating whether a breakdown in security at their ports allowed an illegal shipment reportedly carrying more than 19 tons of a chemical intended for methamphetamine cartels to reach Mexico, the Mexican attorney general said Thursday.

The shipment led to what has been touted as the world's largest seizure of drug money and the arrest of Chinese-Mexican businessman Zhenli Ye Gon, who is accused in the United States and Mexico of supplying pseudoephedrine to Mexican cartels who then used the drug to make methamphetamines.

In March, authorities found more than $205 million hidden inside Ye Gon's Mexico City mansion. Ye Gon was arrested Monday by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents in a suburban Washington restaurant.

On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted Ye Gon on charges he conspired to help in the production of methamphetamines destined for the United States. He could face up to life in prison if convicted, U.S. Justice Department spokeswoman Jaclyn Lesch said.

Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora told a news conference Thursday that investigators want to know how the shipment arrived in Mexico with false paperwork
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after passing through Chinese and U.S. ports.

Mexican agents intercepted a ship from China last year that carried more than 19 tons of a proprietary chemical that can be easily be converted into pseudoephedrine, all of it illegally imported by Ye Gon, Medina Mora said. The shipment left Hong Kong and passed through the U.S. port of Long Beach and was seized at the Mexican port of Lazaro

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I would never even buy a "certified clean" former meth lab

finding the hot spots of contamination is like finding a needle in a hay stack-hopefully it won't be you, your child or your pet that finds it
unless a testing company tests close to where chemicals were stored or spilled or poured onto the ground they will not get a positive reading for contamination

each square foot sample tested costs $100 in California-in Utah is runs about $49 a square foot-
some towns are starting to claim these former meth labs are "clean" and reselling them to low income folks-a criminal action in my humble opinion

sometimes they paint over contaminated walls-to seal in contaminants

most states do NOT require the seller to disclose if there was a meth lab if it is "certified clean"


http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_110667.asp

Quarantined Residence Released After Meth Clean-up
posted July 26, 2007

Since the passage of a state law allowing law enforcement to quarantine sites that have been used for the production of methamphetamine, the Bradley County Sheriff's Office has posted quarantine notices on eight homes.

The law gives law enforcement a mechanism to quarantine homes until they are cleaned of contamination and certified by an industrial hygienist as being safe to occupy.

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Det. Hughes said pretty much everything was replaced including walls, bathroom fixtures, kitchen cabinets and the kitchen sink. "The chemicals used to produce meth are toxic and pose a health risk to humans and animals," he said.

The state Department of Environment and Conservation warns residual contamination "can be found adsorbed onto surfaces, and permeated into walls, carpets, drapes, bedding, furniture, appliances, clothing, toys, etc."

Potential health hazards from residual contamination at clandestine meth labs include:
·d-Methamphetamine - numerous neurological effects, stroke and cerebral vasculitis. Infants are at greatest risk.
·Iodine - thyroid, pulmonary edema
·Red Phosphorus - Eye, respiratory irritants/burns
·Phosphine Gas - Respiratory Impairment, toxic
·Acids - Eye, respiratory and dermal irritants/burns
·Caustics - Eye, respiratory and dermal irritants/burns
·Metals - Dermal burns, spontaneous fires
·Solvents - carcinogens, liver / CNS effects, flammable
·Sharp objects - Hepatitis, potential HIV infection





http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=1206717

Former Meth Houses Declared "Safe" May Not Be
May 10th, 2007 @ 10:17pm
Debbie Dujanovic Reporting

Hundreds of Utah homes, former meth labs, have been shut down until they're rid of the dangerous drug. But an Eyewitness News Investigation uncovers disturbing evidence: Homes the government reopened and declared safe, may not be.

Could you be living in a former meth lab? Baby Mac and his parents do. They found out after they purchased the home. No problem, said Salt Lake County. The place has been cleaned and declared safe to live in. That's until we discovered what baby Mac's really sleeping in.

The raids, the chemicals, hundreds of homes contaminated with meth. The rule issued by the health department -- stay out until inspectors certify the houses are clean.


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We started out investigating Utah's lax disclosure laws on meth homes. Once a contaminated home's been certified as clean, no one has to say a thing about it. But then we discovered that in some of those so-called clean homes, residents were complaining about headaches, coughs, and other symptoms.


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the reporter is Salt Lake has done some great investigative stories or meth