Old 08-29-2008, 03:02 PM
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whiskerkissed
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Riverside County Drug Endangered Children

Taken from another website:

MEDICAL CONDITIONS

A recent two-year study in Benton and Linn Counties indicated that 44% of children removed from meth lab homes tested positive for meth. The long-term ramifications of this exposure are just beginning to be studied. Lack of pediatric, medical, and dental care is common in meth houses. Preventable prenatal complications include premature birth, congenital deformities, and drug addiction. Children from these homes may also face learning disabilities. Children found at meth lab sites may also show signs of liver damage, malnutrition, dehydration, and breathing disorders.

POSSIBLE INDICATORS

Some possible indicators that you may have a meth lab in your neighborhood:

· Strong chemical odors like acetone, ammonia, ether.

· Unusual amounts of activity in and out of a residence, or unusual late night activity.

· Paranoid or unusual behaviors.

· Unusual trash, such as lots of over-the-counter cold medicine containers, automotive fuel additives, camping fuel, starter fluid containers, drain cleaners, or red stained coffee filters.

· People bringing things to trade.

· Children unattended or neglected.

· Children regularly in dirty clothes.

· Unreported fires.

· Blackened out or covered windows.
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