Instant cold packs are now being used to make methamphetamine
February 2009
Instant cold packs are now being used to make methamphetamine.
Meth cooks usually use anhydrous ammonia...a farm fertilizer. But it often must be stolen and can be tough to find in the winter.
So they're making their own from ammonium nitrate...the ingredient in many instant cold packs (Mueller KOLD, etc).
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