| By Bob Weaver
The latest meth-making method carefully avoids West Virginia state laws that could catch meth-makers.
The new method, widely known as "shake and bake," involves a two-litter soda bottle, a handful of cold medicine and some noxious chemicals.
Just shake and you have one of the world's most addictive drugs.
Prior meth-making required an elaborate lab, with components simmering over an open flame, cans of ingredients and hundreds of pills.
It was complicated, and neighbors often were able to spot the location.
Calhoun residents have often speculated where meth was being cooked, from its' distinctive fumes, although only a handful of arrests have been made in several years.
While meth use has been declining for several years, the new system appears to have caused a spike in meth use around the country.
It is quick and easy production, that allows most everyone to make their own supply undetected.
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