witchlinblue
05-10-2006, 12:26 AM
Ex-'chemist' blows the whistle on crystal meth
He's 31 years old and calls himself a career criminal. Alex Hanson says his latest "job" was working as a so-called "chemist" in illegal drug labs in B.C - producing the highly addictive drug crystal methamphetamine. A few weeks ago, Hanson says he decided to quit.
Then he contact CTV's Whistleblower unit with a plan to expose the dirty "business" he's been involved in and how big and dangerous it's become. He told us the "labs" in Canada are now more lucrative than most Canadians could imagine.
read whole article (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060427/whistleblower_meth_060509/20060509?hub=CTVNewsAt11)
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He's 31 years old and calls himself a career criminal. Alex Hanson says his latest "job" was working as a so-called "chemist" in illegal drug labs in B.C - producing the highly addictive drug crystal methamphetamine. A few weeks ago, Hanson says he decided to quit.
Then he contact CTV's Whistleblower unit with a plan to expose the dirty "business" he's been involved in and how big and dangerous it's become. He told us the "labs" in Canada are now more lucrative than most Canadians could imagine.
read whole article (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060427/whistleblower_meth_060509/20060509?hub=CTVNewsAt11)
Full video of interview (javascript:playVideo('mms://ctvbroadcast.ctv.ca/video/2006/05/09/ctvvideologger2_218kbps_2006_05_09_1147208832.wmv' ,%20'mms://ctvbroadcast.ctv.ca/video/2006/05/09/ctvvideologger2_45kbps_2006_05_09_1147211302.wmv', %20'00:00:25.69',%20'00:17:53.07',%20'Alex%20Hanso n%20on%20his%20life%20as%20a%20meth%20producer,%20 part%20one',%20'CTVNews',%20'alex_hanson_060509',% 20'20060509'%20,'ctvnews.20060509.00144000-00144459-clip1',%20'SciTech');)