Let's Go Meth!

If there's one type of criminal activity we never get tired of around here, then it has to be the operation of backwoods meth labs. (In fact, I kinda wish we named this site MethLabbed.com.) It represents the tragic-comedy of what America, the land of abusing opportunity, is all about: drugs and rednecks. There's something charming and made-for-tv movie-ish how it's usually a couple of guys with their girlfriends of 2 weeks attempting to build their little own "We Ain't Crossing County Lines" cartel. And you won't find more insightful coverage than the local reports of meth lab busts in places like Benton, Arkansas: "Benton narcotics officers raided a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in northeastern Saline County on Tuesday evening..." Clandestine!! Perhaps the qualifier is necessary and some of the open-air meth labs operating from a booth at the farmer's market have still escaped Johnny Law's watchful eyes. Anyway, there's a goldmine of material here so we're looking for a dedicated meth lab correspondent and my eyes are on Gawker Media/Kinja tech guru Jim Nachlin.