Good News. In a Weird Way

Anyone who stores significant amounts of Anhydrous Ammonia knows that there is a very real risk of your storage facility being targeted by people who want to steal it for use in methamphetamine. It looks like some of the more industrious narcotic dealers have created a way to make meth that might minimize that threat.

"...in place of anhydrous ammonia, the new recipe calls for using common garden fertilizer or the ammonium nitrate found in cold-pack compresses — both easy to buy or steal" --The Kalamazoo Gazette

While there is no joy in the fact that this makes meth manufacture easier, there is some small comfort in knowing it lowers the risk posed by some yahoo breaking into an ammonia system; something that usually results in a significant environmental release.