Let’s talk about meth labs today. No, i don’t know how to manufacture meth. However, I do know that meth labs are dangerous. Why is a small town girl talking about meth? Well, I’ll tell you. I live in Perry County, Indiana. Nice peaceful area, as long as you can look over the meth labs and addicts. Quite frankly, I’m tired of it.
I’ve seen a lot of women around here lose their children because they’re addicted to meth. Then, to top it all off, they blame child services or some other program for what is obviously their fault. That’s the lucky children. I’ve heard of so many cases where a parent is coming down off meth and gets angry at their innocent child for whatever reason and beats the child.
Aside from meth being a factor in many child abuse and neglect cases, the meth lab itself is also dangerous. Should your neighbor have a meth lab that explodes, your house is getting damaged too. Not to mention your children will be exposed to the fumes while they’re cooking it. And yes, meth can get in your system just from the fumes.
So, how about those rolling meth labs? You know, where they drive around cooking it in their car. I live in the country. There are a lot of people driving by my house at all hours of the night cooking meth in their car. That’s the sole reason why I keep my doors locked and a baseball bat by my bed. How do I know they’re cooking meth? Here’s my story.
When I first came home in 2005, I was living here by myself. My cousin was staying the night and we were planning on staying by the campfire in the front yard most of the night. Well, through the late hours of the evening, the same car had been driving up and down our road. We saw it about five or six times. And having lived in Arkansas once, I recognized the smell coming from it. My cousin and I both agreed the front yard probably wasn’t the best place to be. So, we went inside. Directly, we heard that same car coming. Only this time it stopped in front of the house. I heard a couple of car doors and the trunk slam. About the time I stepped out on the front porch with a shotgun, they took off and didn’t come back that night.
Anyone desperate enough to have a meth lab in their car, would probably be desperate enough to try to rob my house. Therefore, it’s locked!
Meth labs are dangerous. Anyone around them can get contaminated by the fumes. They can also explode. I don’t like that they run up and down my road. A lot of meth labs were busted last year in Perry County. That’s good. The problem is that most of them were in residential areas and no one has bothered to clean them up yet.
