Pubdate: Mon, 01 Apr 2002
Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO)
Copyright: 2002, Denver Publishing Co.
Contact:  http://www.rockymountainnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/371
Author: Karen Abbott
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

HOW-TO METH BOOKS EASILY FOUND ONLINE

The books police found in a trailer housing an illegal meth lab aren't sold 
only at Denver's Tattered Cover.

The books are The Construction and Operation of Clandestine Drug 
Laboratories, by "Jack B. Nimble," and Advanced Techniques of Clandestine 
Psychedelic & Methamphetamine Manufacture, by "Uncle Fester."

Both can be purchased online from book giants Barnes and Noble and 
Amazon.com, as well as Loompanics Unlimited, the publisher.

The Nimble book ranges in price from $13.45 to $17.95, and the Fester book 
from $22.36 to $27.96.

"Sold for informational purposes only!" Amazon.com states -- twice -- on 
its Web site offering the Nimble book.

It also states: "This book describes, in step-by-step, illustrated detail, 
how to set up and run a clandestine drug lab -- without getting caught! 
Jack B. Nimble reveals how to select a location, discusses safety 
precautions -- including how and when to shut down -- and gives advice on 
covering your tracks."

Loompanics' Web site has more to say: "One of the most important chapters 
is Procurement of Suspicious Items, because chemical companies often watch 
certain reagents and report orders . . . . "

Loompanics also states, "This book is sold for informational purposes only."

And it notes, "The clandestine laboratories described in this book don't 
have to be used to make illegal psychoactive drugs -- they could be used to 
manufacture medicines and useful chemicals in a war or survival situation."

"Uncle Fester," a chemist whose real name is Steve Preisler, offers his own 
review of his book on Amazon.com. "Very useful book!" it begins.

"This book covers a variety of topics in the field of clandestine 
chemistry," Preisler says. "I start with 'Scams and Schemes for Obtaining 
Chemicals' . . .

"The last half of the book is Mr. X writing from the federal pen, telling 
the stories of people he is doing time with and how they got busted.

"He gives his recommendations on how to avoid their mistakes."
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