Pardon my naivete'
I have no experience whatsoever with blogging. I'm old-school...okay older (56), and sometimes wonder how we ever got by without smart cell phones, iPads, Facebook, etcetera...
This is my first attempt at blogging, so those who are savvy should forgive my lack of online graces.
For this class, I decided to look into the issue of methamphetamine and the proliferation of labs and use of the drug. I was taken aback by the sheer numbers of labs that are out there, and "creative" ways people use to obtain the items they need to cook the drug. I had no idea that they have come up with a "shake and bake" method of cooking the drug for personal use. I suppose when one wants to do wrong, one will find a way. The drug is so addictive that users will resort to radical ways to generate product.
Although most of the recent information I found was from the Mid-South regions of the US, the nationwide statistics show that most every state has a meth problem, although some have taken major steps to at least slow the growth of the epidemic. I'm stationed in Portland Oregon, and this state was one of the pioneers in enacting laws to restrict access to the main ingredient pseudoephedrine, which is found in some over the counter medications like Sudafed. The law seems to have contributed to a gradual decline in the number of meth labs found throughout the state.
What's truly sad is that meth users and cookers ultimately have little or no regard for the welfare of those around them. I read of incidents where children were sleeping in houses where the cooking was going on and died due to inhaling the fumes, and other stories of tragic deaths when the labs either blew up or went up in flames. Cooking meth can leave behind five to ten pounds of poisonous gases and fluids for every pound of product produced, and larger labs can take more than 8 hours to clean up due to the handling and disposal of the hazardous by-products. There are now companies that specialize in meth lab clean-up.
I don't know what can be done for meth addicts if they don't want to be helped. Addiction is unique to each individual addict, so the outlook looks a little bleak for things to improve. Maybe in a future blog entry I will have pondered this issue enough to offer my humble opinion on possible approaches to battle this issue.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/1056395/Meth-Labs-An-Environmental-Hazard
http://methlabcleanup.com/index
This is my first attempt at blogging, so those who are savvy should forgive my lack of online graces.
For this class, I decided to look into the issue of methamphetamine and the proliferation of labs and use of the drug. I was taken aback by the sheer numbers of labs that are out there, and "creative" ways people use to obtain the items they need to cook the drug. I had no idea that they have come up with a "shake and bake" method of cooking the drug for personal use. I suppose when one wants to do wrong, one will find a way. The drug is so addictive that users will resort to radical ways to generate product.
Although most of the recent information I found was from the Mid-South regions of the US, the nationwide statistics show that most every state has a meth problem, although some have taken major steps to at least slow the growth of the epidemic. I'm stationed in Portland Oregon, and this state was one of the pioneers in enacting laws to restrict access to the main ingredient pseudoephedrine, which is found in some over the counter medications like Sudafed. The law seems to have contributed to a gradual decline in the number of meth labs found throughout the state.
What's truly sad is that meth users and cookers ultimately have little or no regard for the welfare of those around them. I read of incidents where children were sleeping in houses where the cooking was going on and died due to inhaling the fumes, and other stories of tragic deaths when the labs either blew up or went up in flames. Cooking meth can leave behind five to ten pounds of poisonous gases and fluids for every pound of product produced, and larger labs can take more than 8 hours to clean up due to the handling and disposal of the hazardous by-products. There are now companies that specialize in meth lab clean-up.
I don't know what can be done for meth addicts if they don't want to be helped. Addiction is unique to each individual addict, so the outlook looks a little bleak for things to improve. Maybe in a future blog entry I will have pondered this issue enough to offer my humble opinion on possible approaches to battle this issue.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/1056395/Meth-Labs-An-Environmental-Hazard
http://methlabcleanup.com/index
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