Shake and Bake Meth Leaves Financial Ruin in its Wake

Check for shake and bake residue

Not all meth houses come with warning signs.

A couple of current trends are combining forces to create a new trend. Home foreclosure and “shake and bake meth” are coming together to create a growing group of families who face severe health problems and financial catastrophe.

If you’re looking for how to make shake and bake meth, you are on the wrong web site. I’m not in the business of instructing people on how to make drugs. However, if you want to hear stories about why you should have a house tested for shake and bake meth residue before you sign your mortgage papers, please continue.

The Holts’ $30,000 problem

The New York Times tells the story of a family whose financial emergency could not be solved with a same day payday loan. Here’s the story of the Holts:

The spacious home where the newly wed Rhonda and Jason Holt began their family in 2005 was plagued by mysterious illnesses. The Holts' three babies were ghostlike and listless, with breathing problems that called for respirators and repeated trips to the emergency room. …

More than five years after they moved in, that the couple discovered the root of their troubles: their house … was contaminated with high levels of methamphetamine left by the previous occupant. … ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Shake and Bake Meth Leaves Financial Ruin in its Wake"