A Meth Lab Can....... operate unnoticed in any neighborhood for years, causing a serious health hazard for you and your family. It can appear anywhere. Without notice. And you might never know about it—until it’s too late. Missouri has the highest rate of meth lab activity in the country. Cooking meth produces large amounts of highly toxic waste—which gets dumped in your back yards, back alleys and back roads. Poisonous gases from a lab can contaminate the homes or places they’re cooked in—and cause you serious harm. Together we can fight back. Report any suspected labs to local law enforcement.
Seized Meth Lab
What Are Meth Labs? Meth labs can be set up wherever activities may be hidden from view, often in locations that are especially dangerous, such as:
• Garages
• Sleeping areas
• Eating areas
• Children’s play areas
Meth can be produced in as few as 6 to 8 hours using apparatus and cookware that can be dismantled rapidly and stored or relocated to avoid detections
Seized Meth Lab
Effects On Children Children living at meth labs are at increased risk for:
• Injury from a house fire/ lab explosion
• Overdose on meth left out by parents
• Exposure to toxic chemicals
• Physical abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Attachment Disorder
• Behavior problems
• Malnutrition
• Substance Abuse
• Delinquency
This Methamphetamine Awareness Project is a program of Community Partnership of the Ozarks, Inc. Funding for this project was provided in whole by the Missouri Foundation for Health. The Missouri Foundation for Health is a philanthropic organization whose vision is to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves.
