SIGNS OF METH USE

Tenant Behaviours

House Signs

•  Cars & visitors at strange times
  • This could be a sign of occupants that deal drugs 
• Lots of cell phones/sim cards
  • ​​Maybe a way to avoid being tracked
• Expensive cars but not working
  • ​Perhaps purchased to hide assets 
• Curtains always closed
  • ​To avoid activities being seen
• Large amounts of cash
  • ​From sales of illicit drugs
• Smoking outside, when normally inside
  • ​Could be due to flammable chemicals inside
• Aggressive
  • ​Posturing to prevent nosy neighbours or violent behaviour from excessive drug use
    
• Itching & scratching​
  • Perhaps from the meth user scratching their skin so hard causing it to bleed
• Paranoid
  • Worried about being caught and / or excessive drug use may make the P use feel this way

• Colour stains to cookware
  • Could be an indication of meth manufacture
• Glass cookware containing chemical residue
  • ​Glass can be easily scraped clean and any chemical residue may suggest P cooking
• Stains to sinks and/or baths
  • Chemicals used by meth cooks to make P may have been disposed of down the sink.
• Burn marks in carpet
  • Hot cookware or hot pipes may have been placed on the floor during the process
• Red staining around walls
  • ​Chemicals used to make illegal drugs may cause staining
• Pipes, syringes and instruments
  • ​All may be an indication of illegal drug use
• Blackened out windows
  • ​Preventing "outsiders" from seeing what is happening inside is imperative to the paranoid meth cook and / or P users
    
• Coffee filters
  • Used in the manufacturing process
• Two stage liquids
  • Part of the P manufacturing process
• Unusual ventilation systems – Extractor fans
  • ​Home made ventilation systems to prevent toxic chemicals from building up in the meth cooks house, could be contaminating neighbouring properties.
• Burnt grass “pits” and evidence of chemicals being dumped in the garden/grass areas
  • ​The manufacturing process leaves unwanted toxic chemicals that are dumped.
• Unusual or excessive rubbish – plastic containers, rubber hoses, gloves, batteries torn open, used coffee filters with coloured stains, pill packets.
  • ​All this could indicate a clan lab is in the house
• Copper metal turning blue
  • ​Chemicals used in the drug manufacturing process may make this happen
• Tape around doors
  • ​A poor effort to prevent toxic smells from escaping the cooks house as it may alert neighbours.
• Elaborate/excessive security – cameras, keep out signs, guns, baby monitors outside
  • ​All in an attempt to protect themselves from rival gang members or the authorities.
• Locks added to cupboards, bedroom doors, attics etc
  • Restricting access to parts of your property may be an attempt to prevent you or others from discovering their clan lab

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