What?

What is Tina?
What does Tina look like?
What is Tina made from?

What is Tina made from?

The chemicals and processes used to produce Tina vary. Here’s a partial list of some of things often used to make it:

• psuedoephedrine or ephedrine (active ingredient in some cold and cough medicines)

• red phosphorous (striking pad of a matchbook)

• acetone (nail polish remover)

• toluene (brake cleaner)

• lithium (camera batteries)

• anhydrous ammonia (farm fertilizer)

• muriatic acid (swimming pool cleaner)

• methanol (gasoline additive)

• naphtha (camp stove fuel)

• Draino™ and Red Devil Lye™ (drain cleaners)

• iodine (the stuff you put on a cut)

• denatured alcohol

Some of the different materials, chemicals and substances used to make Tina

These are some of the different materials, chemicals and substances used in the creation of crystal meth. Some prevention messages include a “list of ingredients” – even showing a picture of them all being mixed together – and for many users, or potential users, this is an effective deterrent. However, the perceived message or information is not entirely accurate. The “ingredients” are not mixed together like when baking a cake, rather, they are used in various steps to form certain chemical reactions.

Properly manufactured crystal meth should not contain any of these substances. However, given the proliferation of different “recipes” and techniques available, combined with the lack of experience in how to produce the final product, and carelessness, or “lack of attention to detail”, some of these items may end up contaminating the final product. These contaminants can be quite toxic to the body, adding other health concerns when consumed.

Many of these ingredients are individually toxic and the chemical processes that combine them can be hazardous as well. Crystal meth labs are also extremely dangerous for the people who work in them and the people that live near them - materials are flammable and potentially explosive. This is not an environmentally friendly product! For every kilogram of crystal meth produced, 6 kgs. of toxic waste are produced.