We interviewed numerous respondents who claim to be either manufacturing or using what they believe to be methamphetamine that is manufactured through this cold cook method, which includes gun bluing. Their argument is that “these ingredients” (only charcoal and gun bluing are named specifically) do not produce the necessary precursors. While the USDOJ claims that various ingredients in a container and buried in warm ground for a few weeks produces methamphetamine, the DEA classifies a similar method as a myth.
In sum, referencing government sources to validate stories we heard in our study did not clarify the question of whether or not a cold cook method involving a fish tank produces methamphetamine. We decided to investigate this method further.
The drug was called “string dope” and sold as methamphetamine. Respondents referred to this method as the “fish tank” or “cold cook” method. The process also allowed the production to be hidden from view, either underground or in a dark closet or basement. Growing methamphetamine was reported as a safer “cooking” method for the producer (“cook”) since it did not involve heating ingredients and was less likely to cause an explosion. Ingredients were mixed or layered in a container, typically a fish tank or five gallon bucket, and the container was buried in the ground or kept in a dark closet for up to 28 days until crystals grew on strings suspended above the chemical solution. Other recipes involved various cleaning fluids such as acetone and ammonia or chemicals such as iodine. The ingredients included pseudoephedrine, red phosphorus, charcoal, gun bluing and aluminum shavings. Respondents recounted similar but slightly different accounts of how to grow methamphetamine crystals on strings. Respondents reported “growing methamphetamine.” Upon further questioning we learned that growing methamphetamine crystals on a string suspended over a container was a common method for producing methamphetamine in the area. We conducted ethnographic research among diverse drug networks and interviewed methamphetamine users who lived and used methamphetamine in the suburbs. In 2007 we began a study on methamphetamine use in the suburbs of a large southeastern city of the United States.
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