I have read that the meth epidemic really bad on the West Coast and Midwest. Also, it is particularly bad in Indian Reservations.
It's bad
everywhere....has been around here for several years.
Meth is incredibly easy to make, all ingredients can be bought at a drug store, grocery, Wal-mart, Target, etc. for a cheap price....most expensive will be a couple of packs of cold/sinus/allergy pills.
Nothing special is needed to cook it.. just a heat source, and a saucepan. "Recipe" can be obtained on the internet, mix it up, cook it til it crystalizes on the side of the pan, and voila....crystal meth right before you.
Cook it in a house, and the walls will absorb the fumes....eventually the house is a "bomb"....the walls, carpet and furniture become highly toxic...absorb enough and a couple of sparks and ka-boom....no more house.
Cook it outside, and if there are neighbors close by, they will smell it. Out in the country...no problem.
Last couple of years, down here, is to cook it in the trunk of a car. Go anywhere, have a camp stove in the trunk, fire it up, and cook the stuff.
See a man or woman, with rotted teeth, covered in sores, losing their hair, super skinny, yellow tint to the skin, face looks 20-30 years older than the individual....good chance it's a meth head.