Kenneth Phillips, director of the 1st Judicial District Drug Task Force, said there are different ways of making methamphetamine. In 1995, the DEA found and destroyed five Nazi labs in the whole United States. We've done six in the 1st District in the last year. According to Phillips, each area in the 1st District has its drug of choice. Johnson City is crack cocaine and Ecstasy.
Carter County is pharmaceutical drugs and heroin.
Johnson County is heroin and methamphetamine. In Unicoi County, there are a lot of pills, cocaine and marijuana. Each county has its different drug problem. District Attorney General Joe Crumley said that either Red Devil Lye or battery acid is used in the Nazi labs to produce meth. They are clandestine labs that can be operated out of the back of a truck or a van.