{"id":76406,"date":"2024-07-12T10:52:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=76406"},"modified":"2024-07-12T10:52:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:52:06","slug":"cartel-corner-mexicos-meth-producers-are-making-their-own-precursors-government-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/12\/cartel-corner-mexicos-meth-producers-are-making-their-own-precursors-government-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartel Corner: Mexico\u2019s Meth Producers Are Making Their Own Precursors, Government Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-76408 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BB99-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BB99-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BB99-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BB99-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BB99-850x478.jpg 850w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BB99.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title \" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/news\/mexicos-meth-producers-are-making-their-own-precursors-says-government\/\">Mexico\u2019s Meth Producers Are Making Their Own Precursors, Government Says<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Anybody that has watched the TV series <em>Breaking Bad<\/em> will know there are two primary ways to cook meth: One is to use ephedrine or pseudoephedrine (ingredient found in most OTC cough medicines) and the other is to use the precursor chemicals P2P and methylamine, aka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmchek.com\/resources\/blog\/the-rise-of-super-meth-the-destructive-effects-of-p2p-methamphetamine\">&#8216;Super Meth&#8217;.<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>For Additional Reading on how Synthetic Drugs are Manufactured:<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/investigations\/making-synthetic-drugs-a-primer\/\">Making Synthetic Drugs: A Primer*<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/investigations\/chemical-precursors-mexico-synthetic-drug-trade-2\/\">Precursors and Mexico\u2019s Synthetic Drug Trade: Summary and Major Findings<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76409 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BB00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BB00.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BB00-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico\u2019s Meth Producers Are Making Their Own Precursors, Government Says &nbsp; Anybody that has watched the TV series Breaking Bad will know there are two primary ways to cook meth: One is to use ephedrine or pseudoephedrine (ingredient found in most OTC cough medicines) and the other is to use the precursor chemicals P2P and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5150,2636,6896,2351,13,74,3688,2620,3986,2352],"tags":[8490,17682,7984,7179,7064],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76406"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76413,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76406\/revisions\/76413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}