Meth News
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Waco -
A Texas mail carrier was delivering more than just magazines and letters to locals along his route, according to charges filed by state authorities following a nearly year-long investigation.
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Edgewater -
A Florida mom faces drug and child neglect charges after her son revealed "mommy's bad stuff" in the trunk of her car to their landlord.
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San Diego -
According to government records Southern California deaths from meth have spiked among Baby Boomers. Addiction experts believe declining health and lack of support contribute to the trend.
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Seattle -
A University District couple called police on Wednesday, after they returned to their home to discover what looked like "paranormal activity."
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Lockwood -
For those wishing that the series "Breaking Bad" could continue, your wish has been granted, as the absolutely genuine Walter Jack White, 53, of Montana has just been arrested for “possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.”
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Albuquerque -
The last episode of Breaking Bad airs this Sunday at 9 p.m and ends the series with a bang. Will Mr. White turn himself in, or kill himself?
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The College Humor website regularly posts really amusing videos. This time their offering is a mash-up between two popular TV series - Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead, called quite simply "Breaking Dead."
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Police say they seized drugs with a street value of $40 million, making it one of the biggest meth seizures in Ontario's history.
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Now that the 2013 session of the Vermont legislature has been over for almost a month and the last of the bills have been signed into law, one thing has become clear for those Vermonters who smoke marijuana or use drugs--2013 was a good year.
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Boston -
Resembling the story of Walter White on the hit TV show Breaking Bad, a cancer-stricken teacher in Boston has been arrested for allegedly trafficking in methamphetamine, after a package of the substance arrived at his school.
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Wichita -
Two brothers accidentally blew up their Kansas house during a lottery win celebration. The duo allegedly celebrated their $75,000 prize with marijuana and meth.
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Chelsea -
Police arrested a 62-year-old Massachusetts man after thousands of dollars worth of crystal meth was found inside of a Valentine's Day teddy bear package.
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The Rehabs.com website based in the United States has launched a new campaign against the use of methamphetamine (meth) using a series of shocking images portraying the physical damage caused by the drug to addicts over several years.
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Valley Springs -
Valley Springs, California has had its share of senior citizen crime this week. For a small rural town, they've been busy with some weird ones.
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Sacramento -
Wes Shermantine was half of the "Speed Freak Killer" duo, he was released from death row, briefly, last week to assist in locating more of the victims. Claims of many more victims still unresolved.
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Los Angeles -
A California man allegedly tried to smuggle over four pounds of methamphetamine out of the U.S. into Japan by disguising it in chocolate coating and Snickers candy bar wrappers.
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A Texas mother was shocked to learn her 4-year-old had been exposed to meth. After her son made comments leading her to be suspicious, she had him tested and the tests came back positive.
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The AMC hit show Breaking Bad, about a cancer-stricken high school teacher involved in the meth drug trade, returns on Sunday for a fifth and final season. What should we expect from Walt and Jesse this season?
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Suquamish -
Homeowners learning their homes were once used as meth labs is an increasingly large problem. Officials shut down the meth labs and the homes often end up back on the market with no proper cleaning done.
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Kissimmee -
One elementary principal and a high school athletic director have been charged with dealing drugs. Both run the risk of losing their jobs, if found guilty.
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This past week a Walmart store outside St. Louis, Mo. was evacuated after police found a mobile meth lab in a woman's purse. Police had stopped the woman as a suspect in a shoplifting incident.
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An alleged drug dealer made a major gaffe last Tuesday when he texted an "errant" text message to a police officer. He was reportedly trying to make a sale.
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California's recently enacted law, AB-109 is also known by the local communities as PCRP, the Prisoner Catch & Release Program, and it has failed again.
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San Jose -
Last week, as authorities investigated an iPad theft, their case led to a discovery of a massive amount of methamphetamine inside of a San Jose, Calif. apartment.
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Tlajomulco -
Authorities in Mexico have made a substantial seizure of the drug methamphetamine in the state of Jalisco.
In the seize, officials confiscated 15 tons of meth in pure powder form.
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Methamphetamine addiction is a serious issue plaguing society. It is common to open the daily news, or even run a search engine query on 'meth', and see many arrests and/or accidents regularly occur that relate to this drug.
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Fresno -
A woman living in an apartment complex in southeast Fresno, California, who shot her two children, the father of the children and a cousin before shooting herself, took a video of herself with her iPad smoking methamphetamine before the shootings.
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"There is no drug better suited to making horrible decisions about your children than methamphetamine, which keeps you awake for days and then when you crash it's like the sleep of a coma, during which you have no idea what's happening with those kids."
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San Diego -
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol used an x-ray machine to stop an alleged smuggling attempt this week at the San Ysidro port of entry. Agents reported finding methamphetamine hidden inside sealed cans of jalapenos and cheese sauce at the border crossing.
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Tulsa -
A 45-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly mixing meth inside a Tulsa, Oklahoma store. Purportedly the woman spent an inordinate time in Walmart engaging in activity that could have been dangerous to other people in the store.
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Meth Image
Yards that look like the above one easily are dead give-aways for police to suspect meth usage or drug dealings, with children in the home. Google-Children of Meth
The condition of this living room accompanies the condition of the kitchen, bedrooms and the outside yard, all signs pointing to drug usage and little children in the home. Easy for police to spot when they are investigating the home or searching for someone who has meth to give as Hallowwen candy. Google-Children of Meth
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol find meth found hidden in cheese sauce cans. Customs and Border Patrol
Image of powder meth U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
A line of crystal meth Via Flickr user INeedCoffee.com
An anti-meth sign posted on a tank of anhydrous ammonia, a common farm fertilizer used in making methamphetamine. According to Wikipedia, in 2005, the state of Iowa gave out thousands of locks in order to prevent criminals from accessing farmers' tanks. Photo by Bill Whittaker
Meth users often give their children a small amount of meth they have or have made to keep them quiet. Google-Children of Meth
Trash left from an illegal Methamphetamine lab, central Iowa. Authorities were contacted for cleanup. Bill Whittaker
26-year-old Briana Buchanan Volusia Co. Sheriff's Office
This is a typical kitchen of a druggie home, with drug-making paraphernalia mixed with children's food and drinks. Google-Children of Meth
San Ysidro pedestrian border crossing. Blazersand2000
Liquid methamphetamines are transported in anything the cartels can get away with using. This is a file photo courtesy of the U.S. Border Patrol. U.S. Border Patrol
Crystal methamphetamine United States Federal Government
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