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From: Felix17/14/2006 8:01:33 AM
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Tucson Company Touting "Meth Gun"

By Som Lisaius, KOLD News 13

WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE A BLOWDRYER, THIS HANDHELD DEVICE MAY BE THE FUTURE OF
DETECTING ILLEGAL DRUGS--ESPECIALLY METHAMPHETAMINE.

"The meth gun uses spectroscopy to identify the chemical signatures of
drugs."

IN LAY TERMS...THAT'S ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT THAT ILLUMINATES EVEN THE SMALLEST
AMOUNTS OF METHAMPHETAMINE.

"You would aim, point, shoot--and it would say meth for truly invisible
quantities on the contaminated surface."

DR. LARRY MARSTELLER IS CO-INVENTOR OF THE CDEX METH GUN. AS IS ENGINEER JIM
RYLES--WHO LIKENS IT TO ANOTHER POPULAR LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVICE.

"A breathalyzer takes some consent--this may not take some consent if you
just do the door handles of the car or whatever," Ryles says from CDEX's
eastside facility. "The officer scans quickly and then looks at the machine
and realizes perhaps he has cause to search further."

Right now the CDEX meth gun is only a prototype. But the Tucson-based
company expects its first meth gun to hit law enforcement agencies around
the country by the end of this year.

TO DATE, NO LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE BOUGHT INTO THE DEVICE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO
SELL FOR SLIGHTLY UNDER 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS. BUT THE INNOVATIVE PRODUCT IS
DRAWING INTEREST ELSEWHERE.

THIS WEEK, THE PROTOTYPE WAS PRESENTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND
HAZMAT TEAMS ON THE EAST COAST. WHILE THEY'RE ADMITTEDLY OPTIMISITIC, C-DEX
HOPES TO SEE A METH GUN IN EVERY POLICE CRUISER NATIONWIDE WITHIN THE NEXT
THREE YEARS.
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