So far the best way I've found is the obvious one: combustion (thermal decomposition with oxygen). Methamphetamine hydrochloride combusts to form, unsurprisingly, "Carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides (NOx), Hydrogen chloride gas" [1] and water.
Pyrolysis (thermal decomposition without oxygen) produces amphetamine and dimethylamphetamine under 315 C [2]. At higher temperatures, a slew of different substances are formed such as allylbenzene, toluene, P2P to name the familiar ones. Pyrolysis can also isomerize d-MA to l-MA and l-A. The whole process can take a long time, in the neighborhood of 30 minutes.
Bleach turns MA into amphetamine [3] and N-chloro-MA [4]. Uncle Fester said that washing with bleach is adequate to "get rid of the evidence," but I don't see how it's any better than using soap or whatever given these facts.
[1] MSDS from Sigma-Aldrich
[2] Sato et al. "Analysis of the Pyrolysis Products of Methamphetamine". Journal of Analytical Toxicology, Vol. 28, November/December 2004
[3] Kidwell, David A., and Frederick P. Smith. "Susceptibility of PharmChek⢠drugs of abuse patch to environmental contamination." Forensic science international 116.2 (2001): 89-106.
[4] Tadao, Nakayama, Matthew. "Chemical Interaction of Bleach and Methamphetamine: A Study of Degradation and Transformation Effects" (thesis). UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, 2011, 195 pages; 1493688. http://gradworks.umi.com/14/93/1493688.html
Pyrolysis (thermal decomposition without oxygen) produces amphetamine and dimethylamphetamine under 315 C [2]. At higher temperatures, a slew of different substances are formed such as allylbenzene, toluene, P2P to name the familiar ones. Pyrolysis can also isomerize d-MA to l-MA and l-A. The whole process can take a long time, in the neighborhood of 30 minutes.
Bleach turns MA into amphetamine [3] and N-chloro-MA [4]. Uncle Fester said that washing with bleach is adequate to "get rid of the evidence," but I don't see how it's any better than using soap or whatever given these facts.
[1] MSDS from Sigma-Aldrich
[2] Sato et al. "Analysis of the Pyrolysis Products of Methamphetamine". Journal of Analytical Toxicology, Vol. 28, November/December 2004
[3] Kidwell, David A., and Frederick P. Smith. "Susceptibility of PharmChek⢠drugs of abuse patch to environmental contamination." Forensic science international 116.2 (2001): 89-106.
[4] Tadao, Nakayama, Matthew. "Chemical Interaction of Bleach and Methamphetamine: A Study of Degradation and Transformation Effects" (thesis). UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, 2011, 195 pages; 1493688. http://gradworks.umi.com/14/93/1493688.html