The images of reconfigured pop bottles are as familiar as the story.
"Uh, we did detect the odor as soon as we entered the complex," said a police officer.
Odors which often lead to flash fires.
"Came outside and smoke was all over the place," said a resident of an apartment complex.
A story of tragedy, that for law enforcement, is often like watching a rerun.
"He's been arrested before for the same thing," said a cop.
The odor, the fire, the chaos of meth.
"We have an epidemic in Tulsa," said Tulsa county District Attorney Tim Harris, acutely aware of the toll taken on Tulsa in 2010.
"323 meth labs, we've had 6 people burned to death, when are we going to treat this like it deserves to be treated," he said.
"We might get attacked by some pharmaceutical companies," said Tulsa city councilor Chris Trail, working towards an ordinance that would require a prescription for pseudoephedrine in Tulsa.
"What it would do is put a restriction on pseudoephedrine in the red tablet form, you still be able to get it in capsule and in liquid form," he said.
"If meth is an epidemic proportions in Tulsa, which it is, the only way I can fight it is to take the ingredients and put them off the shelves," said Harris.
"I think it might be a good idea just to give it a test run, see how it goes," said pharmacist Zach Curry. But, he says, a possible side effect could be an upswing in pharmacy robberies.
"If you gotta get a prescription for it I could see an increase in that as well, not only for pain pills, but might see an increase in robberies just for pseudoephedrine," he said.
The ever-escalating, no easy answer approach, to fighting meth.
"I'm here to give public safety to the citizens, ok, I can't do that if you tie my hands behind my back," said Harris.
