Scores of meth lab homes sit abandoned

Seeded By Mike Brunker, Investigations Editor, NBC News

Seeded on Sun May 10, 2009 2:15 PM EDT (The Indianapolis Star)

A growing number of meth-contaminated apartments, trailers and houses sit abandoned across Indiana.

— Filed under: real-estate, drugs, housing, indiana, meth, elkhart, labs

jbdaad

When a property where meth was made is abandoned, neighbors and others in the community sometimes have to deal with the effects, such as reduced property values and increased squatters, vermin and illegal activity.

We pay people to come up with a mess like this?

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#1 - Sun May 10, 2009 4:20 PM EDT

D DeMilo

know the economy is in the crapper when even the meth labs start going out of business

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#2 - Sun May 10, 2009 5:30 PM EDT

Sue-715551

gee does this mean they will have to get real jobs, apart from the chemical factories they work in?

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#3 - Sun May 10, 2009 5:30 PM EDT

jbdaad

Not likely. They`ll probably put them in jail and charge us.

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#3.1 - Sun May 10, 2009 6:27 PM EDT

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