METH TIPS
Slang—Speed, Meth, Crank, Crystal, Tweak, Ice, Glass, Gas
Versión Española
PRESENTED BY THE SAMPSON COUNTY METHAMPHETAMINE TASK FORCE

 

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS MAY BE FOUND AT A METH LAB SCENE

CHEMICALS
Aluminum Foil
Anhydrous Ammonia
Battery Acid/Sulfuric Acid
Drain Cleaner (Sulfuric acid)
Drano Crystals (Sodium hydroxide)
Hydrogen Peroxide
Iodine (crystals, tincture of iodine, iodine disinfectants,
iodine “prills”)
Lithium metal (from lithium batteries)
Lye (Red Devil Lye, sodium hydroxide)
Muriatic/Hydrochloric Acid
Propane (canisters)
Red Phosphorous (from matchbook strikers, strikers from
road flares)
Rock Salt (table salt)
Sodium Metal

EQUIPMENT
Blender or Coffee Grinders, (often with white powder residue)
Coffee Filters with white, red, purple, brown or black residues
Duct Tape
Electric Skillets
Funnels
Gas generators (bottles or jars with attached hoses)
Gasoline Cans
Hot Plates
Jars with “separated or layer” liquids
Plastic Bags
Propane Cylinders
Pyrex Dishes (drying)
Rubber Gloves
Tubing (rubber, plastic, etc.)
Thermos Bottles
Turkey Basters

PRECURSORS
Cold Tablets
Diet Aids
Energy Boosters
Ephedrine (over-the-counter)
“Mini-Thin” Tablets
Phenyl-2-Propanone
Phenylacetone
Phenylpropanolamine
Pseudoephedrine HCL Tablets

OTHER ITEMS FOUND
Books/Boxes of Matches with the Striker Plates Removed
Paper Boxes and Packaging from Cold Tablets
Left-over Chemicals and Discarded Chemical Bottles/Cans
“Burn Piles” – Piles of Burned Trash Containing the Above
Items \Scorched Aluminum Foil
Pipes/Syringes

SOLVENTS
Acetone
Alcohol (denatured ethanol)
Benzene
Camp Stove Fuel/Coleman Fuel
Chloroform
Ether (engine starter)
Freon
“HEET” (Methanol)
Isopropyl Alcohol (rubbing)
Methanol (wood alcohol)
Starting Fluid (Ether)
Toluene/Paint Thinner
White Gasoline