Teen with Home Chemistry Lab Arrested for Meth, Bombs [Crimes Of The Future]

io9.com - 12/28/2008

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A Canadian college student majoring in chemistry built himself a home lab - and discovered that trying to do science in your own home quickly leads to accusations of drug-making and terrorism. Lewis Casey, an 18-year-old in Saskatchewan, had built a small chemistry lab in his family's garage ...

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Teen with home chemistry lab mistakenly arrested for meth production
MAKE Magazine — ... pointed me towards a story we'll likely hear again and again until authorities realize that we're never going to encourage the next generation of chemists if we treat every kid with a home chem lab like a criminal... As Annalee said to me in email... "We should be championing this cool kid who created an awesome home lab" - Crimes Of The Future: Teen with Home Chemistry Lab Arrested for Meth, Bombs... ...

Chemistry student wrongly busted for meth and bombs
Boing Boing — ... in the area and he was always curious with regard to chemistry, chemical compounds, chemical reactions, that kind of thing. So from my client's point of view, it's completely innocent insofar as he had no intention of creating any explosives or explosive devices. As people probably know, anything in your house can constitute or be used in chemical or explosive devices, including sugar and cleaning compounds, Mr. Clean, bleach, detergents, all those sorts of things. "Teen with Home Chemistry Lab Arrested for Meth, Bombs" ...

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