Clandestine Drug Labs

By Scott, Michael S.

Book Id: WPLBN0000230716
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Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Clandestine Drug Labs
Author:	Scott, Michael S.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
Collections:	Government Library Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt: The Problem-Oriented Guides for Police summarize knowledge about how police can reduce the harm caused by specific crime and disorder problems. They are guides to prevention and to improving the overall response to incidents, not to investigating offenses or handling specific incidents. The guides are written for police–of whatever rank or assignment–who must address the specific problem the guides cover. The guides will be most useful to officers who...

Table of Contents
Contents About the Guide Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v The Problem of Clandestine Drug Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Factors Contributing to Clandestine Drug Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Harms Caused by Clandestine Drug Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Types of Clandestine Drug Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Emergence and Spread of Clandestine Drug Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chemicals and Cooking Methods Commonly Used in Clandestine Drug Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Profitability of Clandestine Drug Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Cleaning Up Clandestine Drug Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Understanding Your Local Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Asking the Right Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Characteristics of Clandestine Drug Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Victims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Chemical Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Current Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Measuring Your Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Responses to the Problem of Clandestine Drug Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Enforcing Laws Prohibiting Clandestine Drug Lab Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Monitoring Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Providing Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Protecting Those Exposed to Clandestine Drug Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30