Betty Crocker's Crystal Meth."Most people, unfortunately, don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. anything about how methamphetamine is made." That's for sure. But it's surprising to hear such a statement coming from an agent of the Indiana Drug Enforcement Association: Gary Ashenfelter, speaking to the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . Ashenfelter was commenting on Indiana's new plan to curb meth meth n. Methamphetamine hydrochloride. production. In stores across the state, police officers are taping up posters listing the ingredients needed to make the drug, also known as crystal, ice, and perhaps a dozen other names. You might think that such a poster could create a fresh crop of trailer-park chemists. But that's not the plan. Cops are hoping that shop clerks will report customers making "suspicious" purchases of a variety of typical supermarket items. You see, like lemonade, meth is cheap and easy to make--but a great deal more profitable. Ashenfelter says the production and use of methamphetamine has climbed wildly in Indiana in recent years. In 2001, he predicts, Indiana police officers will bust 800 labs. The informational poster now in Indiana stores listscover your eyes-such everyday ingredients as acetone acetone (ăs`ĭtōn), dimethyl ketone (dīmĕth`əl kē`tōn), or 2-propanone (prō`pənōn), CH3COCH3 , coffee filters, cold medicine, drain cleaners Drain cleaner is a chemical used to dissolve clogs to unblock pipes, such as the drainpipes of sinks, bathtubs, toilets, and showers. It is generally a corrosive chemical such as a concentrated acid or caustic, or is an enzymatic substance. , lithium batteries, and lye. |
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