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 commercial farm fertilizer. But it usually has to be stolen and can be difficult to find in winter months.

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

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