Meth is a powerfully addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system and can be made using basic, household chemicals. Meth now affects one in 10 families. This is becoming a huge epidemic. Meth destroys the dopamine in your brain. Meth is the most addictive drug out there, most users are addicted immediately. Crystal Meth is one form of the drug methamphetamine. Other names are: Meth, Speed, Chalk, Ice, Crank and Glass Apartment complexes and rentals have higher percentages of contamination than homes (especially apartments that share air systems). Meth can be snorted, injected or even eaten, however, smoking meth is the most common method. Homes, hotel rooms and offices can be used to smoke or manufacture methamphetamine, both releasing toxic substances into the surrounding rooms. Porous materials such as drywall, flooring, ceilings, carpet, curtains and furniture are easily contaminated. One sugar packet contains about the equivalent of 1 gram of meth. A clinical dose of meth is about .5 Mg there are approximately 200 clinical doses in one packet. In the same packet there are 20 threshold doses. A threshold dose is the smallest amount of exposure that results in a detectable symptom which could be an accelerated heart rate or dilated pupils. Nasty stuff! Meth users are very sketchy and paranoid while using the drug. Sometimes these cooks/ users urinate and save the liquid in gallon jugs. Sometimes police will find many jugs containing urine for future use. Yes, to be used later and cooked down through an extraction process to make more meth. About 2 grams of useable meth can be extracted from a gallon of urine.  There are approximately 11 million homes contaminated with meth in the United States - Get your property tested TODAY!

Most states have laws concerning the use and possession of meth but not to protect prospective home-owners, vehicle purchasers, and renters. Your family, your office-mates and you can be exposed to the dangerous toxins meth leaves behind (even from just one smoke). Here we will provide information on some of the legal aspects of meth disclosure. The National Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) provides a register of the addresses of meth labs that have not been remediated. These are labs that were raided by police. However they probably represent only a small portion of the properties that have housed a meth lab and no properties that contained meth users. In most cases it is "Buyer Beware!" MAINE Maine does not require that a seller, realtor or property manager disclose that the property you are considering buying was used as a meth lab or by a meth smoker. We recommend that you insist upon meth residue testing before proceeding. Police investigating meth lab in Old Orchard Beach where white supremacist was arrested - Article on Bangor Daily News. This article was published 9/12/16 and says: "McCausland said this is the 98th meth lab discovered in Maine so far this year. In all of 2015, just 56 were investigated." Meth use on the rise - Article on SeacoastOnline.com. This article was published 7/31/16 and says: "Already this year, Maine law enforcement agencies have located 61 percent more labs and dump sites than in all of 2015 with five more months remaining in the year. Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland said, as of Thursday, there have been 90 labs and dump sites so far this year. Last year, there were 56; in 2014, there were 37. In 2009, officials found one meth lab statewide." Effects of Maine's meth labs long lasting - Includes an interview with Bio-Specialists, one of our companies, WCSH6.com Effects of Maine's meth labs long lasting - Includes an interview with Bio-Specialists, one of our companies, WCSH6.com Meth labs on the rise in Maine - Here's a map with links to news stories about meth lab activity in Maine in 2013-3014 via Q961.com Meth lab discovered where 6 kids reside - NECN.com Meth in Maine, a decade of thwarting supply but little to show for it - Bangor Daily News MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts is a 'buyer beware' state and does not require a lot of disclosures for the home buyer. The burden is on the home buyer to make sure the property is safe. See " Selling a Massachusetts Home: What Are My Disclosure Obligations? " Officials cite increasing use of meth on Cape, in New England - Cape Cod Times. Owner Bill York of BioSpecialists and Meth Remediators is quoted in the story. NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire requires that the seller disclose whether they have any knowledge of methamphetamine production ever occurring on their property. See item S page 3 of the Seller Disclosure form for New Hampshire. Bar owner arrested in largest meth seizure in NH history - WMUR.com NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina requests the property seller disclose: "25. Are there any hazardous or toxic substances, materials, or products (such as asbestos, formaldehyde, radon gas, methane gas, lead-based paint) which exceed government safety standards, any debris (whether buried or covered) or underground storage tanks, or any environmentally hazardous conditions (such as contaminated soil or water, or other environmental contamination) which affect the property?" VERMONT Vermont does not currently have any requirement for the property seller to disclose that the property was used as a meth lab or has a meth problem. We recommend that you insist upon meth residue testing before proceeding.

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