Instant cold packs are now being used to make methamphetamine

February 2009

Instant cold packs are now being used to make methamphetamine.

Meth cooks often use anhydrous ammonia...a farm fertilizer. But it often must be stolen and can be hard to find in the winter.

So they're making their own from ammonium nitrate...the ingredient in most instant cold packs (Nexcare, etc).

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