Thursday, August 27, 2009

'Shake and bake' method of making meth could show up in W.Va.

Found this article to be interesting.  Looks like we have something
new to look out for.
Full article here, well worth the read: http://dailymail.com/News/statenews/200908110712

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new and simpler method of manufacturing methamphetamine, called "Shake and Bake," is just beginning to show up in West Virginia, according to state police.

A speaker at a drug conference in Charleston Tuesday said the state can be prepared to see the trend sweep the state as it is expected to sweep the nation.

"It's taking over in Arkansas, and it will soon be widely spread nationwide," Chris Harrison told a gathering of more than 200 representatives of law enforcement, social work, prosecutors offices and others who deal with drug crimes.

Harrison, chief illicit laboratory chemist at the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory, spoke at the 2009 West Virginia Drug Endangered Children Conference.

He said seizures of clandestine methamphetamine labs went down nationwide after Federal laws were passed to limit sales of pseudoephedrine, a common ingredient in many cold medications and a necessary element to making meth.

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