Mythbusting: Does Home Depot Have A Meth-Lab Aisle?

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I have no proof of this, but it comes from a reliable source (well, someone I consider reliable).

We like that show Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel, and in their honor we’d like to invite all of our readers to bust or confirm a myth that just arrived in our tip box:

I have no proof of this, but it comes from a reliable source (well, someone I consider reliable).

Home Depots in the South (specifically, Tulsa, OK) have a special “MethAmphetamine Lab” Section. Since all the Meth-Lab supplies are legal, they got sick of junkies coming in and pestering their staff for the where-abouts of dozens of supplies. Now they just point them to the designated isle.

This sounds easy enough to confirm with a photo. It also sounds really, really, really unlikely. Please do not be stupid enough to go to Home Depot and ask them for the Meth Supplies Section. Send photos to tips [at] consumerist [dot] com. D.A.R.E. to just say no, or whatever. Drugs are bad.—MEGHANN MARCO

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