CSA Newsletter
CSAlert is a free quarterly newsletter published by the Clanlab Safety Academy (CSA), a division of NES. Distributed both digitally and in print, CSAlert covers the latest news, hazards, safety equipment, lab busts, manufacturing methods, and other issues concerning methamphetamine and illegal clandestine drug labs. CSA is dedicated to providing the very latest information concerning the safety of law enforcement and first responders.
Because of the sensitivity of the information the newsletters contain, it is restricted to authorized law enforcement and related personnel. If you are law enforcement personnel and would like access to the CSA newsletter please e-mail us and you will be issued a username and password.
In This Issue:
- The Dry-Magnesium Cook
- Is Another Train Wreck Coming?
- I-80: Highway of Money?
In This Issue:
- Improvised Containers Used for Hydrogen Chloride Gas Generation at a Clandestine Drug Laboratory
- Exposed: An Officer's Story
- IED Sex Toy?
In This Issue:
- Dangerous Pesticides Turning Up at Marijuana Grow Operations
- Danger: Drugs Under Construction
- Down Low with D Lowe
In This Issue:
- Egyptian Meth
- "One-Pot/Shake & Bake": A Danger Among Us, Part II
- One-Pot Labs - A Tulsa Story
In This Issue:
- Phosphine Gas: Revisted - Part II
- First Annual International "Guinness Golf" Tournament
- Anti-Diversion Security
In This Issue:
- Phosphine Gas: Revisted - Part I
- Out of Sight; Out of Mind; The DEA 602 Fix
- Handling & Processing of “Shake & Bake” Labs – Safely!
In This Issue:
- The Iodine Loophole
- Unique Labs
- National Drug Assessment - 2009
In This Issue:
- “One Pot/Shake n’ Bake”: A Danger Among Us
- 1st Global Methamphetamine Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
- Free Money! For Clan Lab Expenses
In This Issue:
- The Designer Hallucinogens
- Another Source for Iodine
- EPIC 143: Size Doesn't Matter
In This Issue:
- New Twist to Steroid Distribution
- Down Low with D. Lowe
- Math Class Just Got a Bit More Explosive
In This Issue:
- New Cut Hitting the West Coast
- Down Low with D. Lowe: Practical Approaches to Processing
- Meth-Busters
In This Issue:
- The NutraSweet Method
- Kamikaze Pilots, Beats and Hells Angels All Part of Meth Crisis History
- The Down Low with D. Lowe: Where Have All The Meth Labs Gone?
In This Issue:
- Euphoria: An Alternate to Meth
- Hammer Time! An Expensive Lesson In "Good Faith"
- Growing the Green
In This Issue:
- A Quick, Effective On-site Colorimetric Method for Gathering Physical Evidence of Chemical Contaminants
- Streamlining Clan Lab Cleanup for State/Local Agencies - The DEA's "Container Program": A Government Program that Makes Sense
- The Newest Drug Trends- Flavored Meth and Cheese
In This Issue:
- Colorimetric Wipes
- Entry Option for Methamphetamine Labs
- The Fentanyl Craze
In This Issue:
- Sampling Clan Labs From a Chemist's Point Of View
- The National Drug Enforcement Officers Association
- Hammer Time! - Sneak & Peeks and the U.S. Patriot Act
In This Issue:
- Methamphetamine: Symptoms, Psychosis, and you...
- Methamphetamine Influence Report
- What is the NMCI?
In This Issue:
- Liquid Medications Used to Manufacture Methamphetamine
- Hamilton County Sheriff's Department South / East Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force
- War on Meth
In This Issue:
- A Growing Concern at Clan Labs - Ammonia Injuries
- Meth in the News
- Clandestine Anhydrous Ammonia Response
In This Issue:
- New Source for Ephedrine - Fermentation
- Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Clandestine Laboratory Unit
- California Sets the Stage for Meth Regulation
In This Issue:
- Drager Researching Iodine Tudes
- Meth Study Finds Particles After Cook
- The Next Step to Stop Meth
In This Issue:
- Urine Extraction Lab
- Health Effects of Methamphetamine - CDC Reports
- Body Produces Antibodies for Meth
In This Issue:
- New Attempt to Replace Pseudoephedrine
- Meth Worldwide
- Meth In The News
In This Issue:
- Alternative Stimulant Emerging
- Officers: Protect Yourself Before the Raid
- Meth Moves Out of the Valley
In This Issue:
- One Pot Method - New Trend in Ammonia Method Emerges
- Methamphetamine: America in Crisis
- Meth Lab Fumes Overwhelm Officers
Click here to view a video of the One-Pot method in action.
In This Issue:
- Kids and Clan Labs - A Tragic Combination
- Meth Lab Study Raises More Questions
- Violence Escalating at Drug Labs
In This Issue:
- Methamphetamine Urban Legends
- High-Tech Labs Increase Danger
- Vaporized Meth a "Silent Killer"
In This Issue:
- Crystal Methamphetamine
- Anhydrous Theft Results in Major Evacuation
- Hypophosphorous Acid Use on Increase
In This Issue:
- Homemade Ammonia Produced from Fertilizer
- DuPont Offers New Personal Protective Coveralls
- Operation "North Star" Nets 67 Suspects & 34,000 Pounds of Pseudoephedrine
