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Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture 8Th Edition �III _It ru.:a� O ct- • W ut "\I � lll-c I '" YI t-Z • 111& . W I .., ata \I � Z E ":a \Ie CO IIIZ ut ... ; . Setlrets of Methampbetamine Manufacture, 8tb Edition Festering Uade Fester Including Recipes for MDA, Ecstasy, and Otber Psycbedelir Amplietamines I'llblications SECllTSOF MEfllAMPIiETAMINE MANUFACTURE Including Recipes for MOA, Ecstasy, and Other Psychedelic Amphetamines Revised and Expanded BIH EDITION by Uncle rester Festering Publications Green Bay, Wisconsin www.unclefesterbooks.com This book is sold fo r informational purposes only. Neither the author nor the publisher intend s fi J,. any of the information in this book to be usedfor criminal pwposes. Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture Including Recipes for MDA, Ecstacy, and Other Psychedelic Amphetamines Revised and Expanded, Eighth Edition © 2009 by Uncle Fester All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or stored in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of the publisher. Reviews may quote brief passages without the written consent of the publisher as long as proper credit is given. Published by: Festering Publications 826 S. Baird SI. Green Bay, WI. 54301 Drawings by Donald B. Parker and Ray Bosworth ISBN: 978-0-9701485-9-9 Library of Congress Catalog Number 205900622 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................... ........................ i Chapter One Chemical. and Equipment......................................... ..........................................................1 Chapter Two The Leuckardt-Wallach Reaction: An Overview ............... ............ ....................... ..................... 9 Chapter Three Prepar.tion of Phenylacetone............................................................................................. 10 Chapter Four Prepar.tion of N-Methylformamide ...................................................................................... 21 Chapter Five M.king Methamphetamine........................................................................................ ........ 25 Chapter Six Industrial Sc.le Production ..... .................................. .......................................... ...............37 Chapter Seven Phenyl.cetone from B - Keto Esters........... .................................................... ..... ............... .40 Chapter Eight Phenylaeetone via theTuhe Furn.ce............................................... ......................................45 Chapter Nine Other Methods of Making Phenylacetone.............................................. ................................ 52 Chapter Ten Psychedelic Phenyl.cetones from Essenti.1 Oil.................................... .................................... 75 Chapter Eleven The Way of the Bomb ............................................. ................. ...................... ...................87 Chapter Twelve Reductive Alkylation with out the Bomb........................................................................... ... 100 Chapter Thirteen Methylamine ................................................................................................................112 Chaptfr Fourteen The Ritter Reaction: Amphet.mines Directly from Allylbcnzene .............................................. 115 Chapter Fifteen Methamphetamine from Ephedrine or P.eudephedrine, Amphetamine from PPA .........................1 19 Chapter Sixteen Methcatbinone: Kitchen improvised Crank....................... ...................................................177 Chapter Seventeen Brewing Your Own Ephedrine................................ .......................................................... 180 Chapter Eighteen Cooking Your Own Ephedrine .............. ............... .............................................................184 Chapter Nineteen MDA. Ecst.cy (XTC). and other Psychedelic Amphet.mines............... .............................. ........ 188 Chapter Twenty Ice .......................................... ......................................................... ..................... ...... 195 Chapter Twenty One Calibrating the Vacuum ................................................................................................... 196 Chapter Twenty Two Production from AJlylchloride and Benzene............ ..............................................................197 Chapter Twenty Three Phenyl.cetone from Benzene and Acetone ................................................................ .......... .. 206 Chapter Twenty Four Last Resort: Extracting 1- Methamphetamine from Vicks Inhalers.. ............................................. 209 Chapter Twenty FIve Keeping out of Trouble............................................... ...................................................... 210 Chapter Twenty Six Legitim.te Uses of some Chemicals ...................................... ....................................... 216 Chapter Twenty Seven Web Sites ........ ...................... ................... ...................................................... .... 217 Introduction i SECRETS OF METH 8th EDITION Introduction Welcome to the Eighth Edition of Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture. Beyond any doubt, this is the best book ever written on the subject of clandestine chemistry, by anyone, anywhere, anytime, period! Your humble and gracious Uncle has been training champions for over 20 years now, and this tour de force of clandestine ingenuity is living testament to the fa ct that the game hasn't passed me by. What this work reveals, even more than my other books, is the utterfutilitv of the so-called "War on Drugs." Of course, there can be no such thing as a "war" on inanimate objects - there can only be a war on people. Endlessly adding more common chemicals to lists to be watched by America's secret police has done nothing to stem this nation's voracious appetite for illegal drugs. Any laws against victimless crimes can be easily evaded - "criminals" are just plain smarter than the Drug Clowns. Even the most cursory reading of this text shows that most of my references are from common standard chemical literature - that's right, fo lks, "drugs" are merely chemicals, and knowledge of how they are produced can never be removed from the body of civilized knowledge. So grow up, "Drug Warriors," and get a life' Try to do something useful for the society you feed on instead of destroying our freedoms. So what new treats do we have in the Eighth Edition? Since I wrote the Seventh Edition of this book in 2004, all ephedrine and pseudoephedrine pills have been pulled off the shelves and are now a "show ID" item. 1 have uncovered a very simple and effective method of cooking your own ephedrine and pseudoephedrine on potentially large scales using hardware store and health food store materials. I have also added new meth cooking procedures which totally eliminate the need to obtain iodine or red phosphorus or anhydrous ammonia. I have also revamped the previous recipes to allow the use of the weaker or adulterated materials now fo und on shelves. How about forgetting all about those pills and cooking crank from cinnamon oil? I know you'll like that! Or maybe setting up shop using common flavoring ingredients') Or any number of most common and easily available industrial chemicals that can never be put under any sort of effective sales scrutiny? The police state goon squads and their lowest common denominator, pandering-politician masters, have once again been exposed for what they are with this Eighth Edition of Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture. They have bitten off more than they can chew, and it's going to be my pleasure to jam it right to them! Public ridicule and a practical demonstration of their impotence are the only things which politicians and police-staters dread: This Eighth Edition will heap both upon their heads in liberal portions. If they thought they were getting their butts kicked before, well, they haven't seen anything yet' Let us pray they take their newfound humility well. Enjoy this latest installment of the Journal for Clandestine Cookers. It will educate, entertain, and shake pillars all at the same time. You'll be quite pleased, I'm sure! Fester Chapter One Chemicals and Equipment 1 Chapter One Chemicals and Equipment The heart of the chemical laboratory is the set of glassware collectively called "the kit." It consists of several round bottom flasks, a claisen adapter, a still head with thermometer holder, a thermometer, a condenser, a vacuum adapter and a separatory funnel (sep funnel, for short). These pieces each have ground glass joints of the same size, so that the set can be put together in a variety of ways, depending on the process being done. For the production of a quarter to a third of a pound batches, 24/40 size ground glass joints are used. Also necessary are one each of the fo llowing sizes of round bottom flasks: 3000 ml, 2000 011 and 500 011; and two each of 1000 011 and 250 011. Two condensers are also required, both of the straight central tube variety, one about 35 cm in length, the other about 50 cm in length. The standard taper glassware kit suitable for use in doing distillations and reactions has become very risky and difficult to obtain by any method other than theft or diversion from a friendly source. We can take this as fu rther evidence of the creeping police state we are caught in. The aim of the system is to produce a disarmed and dumbed-down populace, a goal
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