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Black
Market
Meth
Labs
Kill
One
Child,
Force
Evacuation
of
30
Families
9/28/97
In separate incidents last week, a 3 year-old child was killed by what
police suspect were fumes emanating from a methamphetamine lab in his mother's
Phoenix home, and 30 families had to be evacuated when police discovered
toxic and explosive chemicals in the garage of a Lubbock County, Texas
home, which they believed to be a soon-to-be meth lab.
The Associated Press reports that the environmental damage that is caused
by these chemicals has become an alarming problem. The AP cites instances
including fires, asphyxiation, the contamination of a children's sand box
and the corrosion of the foundation of a neighboring home.
James Schroeder of the Yuma County Sheriff's office summed up nicely
(if unintentionally) the dangers inherent in forcing the manufacture of
substances into the unregulated black market, when he told the AP, "Ninety-five
percent of these goofballs don't have a clue what they're doing. They picked
up some old notes from the internet or jail or who knows where, and they
don't understand the hazards of mixing certain chemicals together."
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Issue #13, 9/28/97
Campaign '97 Update | 9 Year-Old Busted on Candy Rap | Another French Official Speaks Out for Legalization of Cannabis | Mexican Priest Praises Drug Traffickers' Benevolence... Journalists Attacked by Archbishop's Aides for Asking Questions about the Incident | Baltimore Health Commissioner Testifies on Needle Exchange | Spy vs. Spy | Cia Turns 50 | Freudian Slip | Mexican Journalists Terrorized | Former Pakistani Prime Minister's Accounts Alleged to Contain "Drug Money" | Swiss Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Heroin Maintenance and Other Liberal Drug Policies | Dutch Heroin Maintenance to go Ahead as "Pilot Project" | Canada's Medical Marijuana Prohibition Challenged by Multiple Sclerosis Patient | Reformers Charge Washington State Government with Using Federal Funds to Politic Against Drug Reform Initiative | Black Market Meth Labs Kill One Child, Force Evacuation of 30 Families | Shalala Continues to be Dogged by Needle Exchange Questions | Editorial: World Gone Mad
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