Meth Facts

Methamphetamine is a powerfully addictive and illegal stimulant

"Meth, also known on the street as: "Meth," "Speed," "Crank," "Chalk," "Fire,"
"Glass," "Ice," "Tweak," "Uppers," "Yaba" and other names.

How is Meth used? It can be smoked, snorted or injected

What happens when you use meth? Dry itchy skin, meth sores, tooth decay,
hallucinations, paranoia & depression.

Meth is different. People who use it can get hooked after just
their first try, and once a person is addicted it's extremely difficult
to get off the drug.

Meth can cause serious health effects including increased respiration, hyperthermia, convulsions,
insomnia, tremors, anxiety, paranoia, and addiction. Use of the drug can cause irreversible damage to
blood vessels in the brain, resulting in strokes. Cardiovascular side effects include chest pain and
hypertension and can result in cardiovascular collapse and death.

How to Identify a Meth Lab in Your Neighborhood

You can take steps to help ensure that methamphetamine manufacturing is not happening in your
neighborhood. Drug dealers and meth "cooks" have certain common habits that can help you determine
whether a meth lab may be operating near your home. The activities listed below may or may not mean that
a meth lab is in operation. However, a combination of these activities may be reason for concern. If you
observe any combination of these activities, report your concerns to the Sheriff's Department
immediately. Never confront your neighbor with your suspicions or enter a home where you suspect a
meth lab may be operating!

* Frequent visitors at all times of day & night

* Occupants not employed, but appear to have plenty of money

* Occupants unfriendly, secretive, and display paranoid or odd behavior

* Occupants watch passing cars suspiciously

* Extensive security measures including fences, overgrown shrubs, "Private Property" & "Beware of Dog"
signs

* Windows blackened or curtains always drawn

* Chemical odors coming from house or shed

* Garbage piles contain bottles, coffee filters & other materials with red stains, and other empty chemicals
containers and equipment such as those described in this brochure

This is some of the equipment used to produce meth: