Half the labs are reportedly housed in residential neighborhoods. In the Meth cookers own words, Making methamphetamine is as easy as baking a cake. This could explain the sudden increase in brazen attempts to lure children. Drug traffickers in southern California do not have a monopoly on Meth labs. The New York Times and USA Today report they are widespread across America - and the drug is making users much more violent, often seeking pathological sex.
Children have a fundamental right to be protected from harm.
That solemn and legal responsibility rests squarely on the shoulders of parents and legal guardians, the professionals who serve them, and the government that declares them citizens. Parole Officers only know the whereabouts of half these guys. Highly profitable Meth labs are feeding the sexual frenzy of many sex criminals. Schools and parents have either zero prevention or dangerously outdated prevention models. Child sexual abuse is often at the core of many serious and costly social problems.