CSAlert is a magazine published by CLIA and NES for CLIA members and covers the latest news, hazards, safety equipment, lab busts, manufacturing methods, and other issues concerning methamphetamine and illegal clandestine drug labs. CLIA is dedicated to providing the very latest information concerning the safety of law enforcement and first responders.
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CSAlert May 2018
In This Issue:
- Opioid Exposure Endangering Emergency Responders
- It Never Went Away, so Back to the Basics
- Can We Reverse the Drug Epidemic? A Policy Approach with a Technical Twist
- CSAlert: The Final Issue
January 2018
In This Issue:
- Proper Sampling of Residue in the Field
- 2017 CLIA Conference Recap
- When a Lab is not a Lab
July 2017
In This Issue:
- Making a Better Cocktail with Fentanyl
- What To Do When Facing Multiple Hazards
- Tactical Planning in the Fentanyl Age
- Water Pull Alternative to the HCl Gas Generator for Separating the Meth from the Solvent
- Mexican Recrystallization Labs
February 2017
In This Issue:
- One Pot Methamphetamine Production at Oklahoma State University-Forensic Toxicology and Trace Laboratory: Lessons Learned
- Your Morning Coffee Break–Ing Bad
- Metal & PVC One-Pot Containers
October 2016
In This Issue:
- Carfentanil Concerns for Law Enforcement and First Responders
- George Marquardt, The Wichita Wizard
- Dowe Lowe with D Lowe: When it’s not a One Pot
June 2016
In this issue:
- Fentanyl and Other Deadly Synthetics
- Cold Fire Tactical
- Neutralizing an Unusual Lab
December 2015
In This Issue:
- Law Enforcement’s Answer to a Fentanyl Exposure: Use of Naloxone (Narcan)
- Alternate Methods of Stabilizing One-Pot Reaction Vessels
- Sheep, Wolves and Sheepdogs
June 2015
In This Issue:
- Second Generation of Bath Salts: Flakka
- Air Monitoring During Tactical Entry
- Fentayl Officer Safety Bulletin
December 2014
In This Issue:
- Drug Lab Incidents on the Decrease
- Urban Drug Legends
- Future of the CSAlert
July 2014
In This Issue:
- DMT Labs on the Rise
- Don’t be CSI’D
- Tactical Thoughts
- Why the ACS is a Big Success
March 2014
In This Issue:
- N-Bomb Concerns for Law Enforcement
- Drying Agents and One-pot Explosions
November 2013
In This Issue:
- Damp Rid at Clan Labs
- UNODC Reports Increase in New Synthetic Substances
- New Section: All Meth’d Up
June 2013
In This Issue:
- Honey Oil Labs
- Ohio’s Hybrid 2-Pot Cook – A Twist on the “Ammonia Cooks of Olde”
- Effects of Clan Lab Exposure?: A Fellow Officer Asks for Help
February 2013
In This Issue:
- Investigating a High Hazard Lab- LSD
- Down Low with D Lowe: Why We Wear Our PPEs
- Glass One Pot Cooking Vessels
November 2012
In This Issue:
- Synthetic Cannabinoids
- New Study Highlights Risks at MGOs
- Welcome Back to the CSAlert
June 2012
In This Issue:
- Substituted Cathinones (AKA Bath Salts)
- Drug Lab Clean-up and Funding
- Thermal Testing of Fire Resistant Fabrics After the Application of Flammable Solvents
October 2010
In This Issue:
- The Dry-Magnesium Cook
- Is Another Train Wreck Coming?
- I-80: Highway of Money?
May 2010
In This Issue:
- Improvised Containers Used for Hydrogen Chloride Gas Generation at a Clandestine Drug Laboratory
- Exposed: An Officer’s Story
- IED Sex Toy?
November 2009
In This Issue:
- Egyptian Meth
- “One-Pot/Shake & Bake”: A Danger Among Us, Part II
- One-Pot Labs – A Tulsa Story
August 2009
In This Issue:
- Phosphine Gas: Revisted – Part II
- First Annual International “Guinness Golf” Tournament
- Anti-Diversion Security
May 2009
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!
February 2009
In This Issue:
- The Iodine Loophole
- Unique Labs
- National Drug Assessment – 2009
November 2008
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
August 2008
In This Issue:
- The Designer Hallucinogens
- Another Source for Iodine
- EPIC 143: Size Doesn’t Matter
May 2008
In This Issue:
- New Twist to Steroid Distribution
- Down Low with D. Lowe
- Math Class Just Got a Bit More Explosive
February 2008
In This Issue:
- New Cut Hitting the West Coast
- Down Low with D. Lowe: Practical Approaches to Processing
- Meth-Busters
November 2007
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?
August 2007
In This Issue:
- Euphoria: An Alternate to Meth
- Hammer Time! An Expensive Lesson In “Good Faith”
- Growing the Green
May 2007
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
February 2007
In This Issue:
- Colorimetric Wipes
- Entry Option for Methamphetamine Labs
- The Fentanyl Craze
November 2006
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
August 2006
In This Issue:
- Methamphetamine: Symptoms, Psychosis, and you…
- Methamphetamine Influence Report
- What is the NMCI?
May 2006
In This Issue:
- Liquid Medications Used to Manufacture Methamphetamine
- Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department South / East Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force
- War on Meth
February 2006
In This Issue:
- A Growing Concern at Clan Labs – Ammonia Injuries
- Meth in the News
- Clandestine Anhydrous Ammonia Response
November 2005
In This Issue:
- New Source for Ephedrine – Fermentation
- Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Clandestine Laboratory Unit
- California Sets the Stage for Meth Regulation
August 2005
In This Issue:
- Drager Researching Iodine Tudes
- Meth Study Finds Particles After Cook
- The Next Step to Stop Meth
May 2005
In This Issue:
- Urine Extraction Lab
- Health Effects of Methamphetamine – CDC Reports
- Body Produces Antibodies for Meth
February 2005
In This Issue:
- New Attempt to Replace Pseudoephedrine
- Meth Worldwide
- Meth In The News
November 2004
In This Issue:
- Alternative Stimulant Emerging
- Officers: Protect Yourself Before the Raid
- Meth Moves Out of the Valley
September 2004
In This Issue:
- One Pot Method – New Trend in Ammonia Method Emerges
- Methamphetamine: America in Crisis
- Meth Lab Fumes Overwhelm Officers
May 2004
In This Issue:
- Kids and Clan Labs – A Tragic Combination
- Meth Lab Study Raises More Questions
- Violence Escalating at Drug Labs
March 2004
In This Issue:
- Methamphetamine Urban Legends
- High-Tech Labs Increase Danger
- Vaporized Meth a “Silent Killer”
October 2003
In This Issue:
- Crystal Methamphetamine
- Anhydrous Theft Results in Major Evacuation
- Hypophosphorous Acid Use on Increase
May 2003
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
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