When most of us here the word methamphetamines, we think of the drug made from cleaning products underneath our sinks. Then, Breaking Bad came around and changed the way we think about meth labs, and the knowledge it takes to successfully run a profitable and productive lab. If what we refer to colloquially as crystal meth is so complex, then how it is made from the chemicals under our sinks? In fact, the basis for cooking up meth in a lab is usually pills used for the common cold. Then, chemicals like drain cleaner, battery acid, and bleach are added to extracted chemicals from the pills to increase its strength and effectiveness. Then all of them are cooked carefully until you have what we call crystal meth, glass, speed, or tweak. These poisonous chemicals are literally some of the worst things you can put inside of your body. Such toxic ingredients even lead to whole buildings being blown up by a “cook” that doesn’t know what he/she is doing. Simply just overestimating how much of a certain chemical they need to use, may cause an explosion of tragic proportions if there happened to be a gas leak. In addition to the dangers of cooking meth, the labs produce large amounts of toxic waste that can’t be disposed of properly considering the illegality of the operation. Anyone that comes in contact with these chemicals risks serious injury or death. The National…