The Results
I have been in civilian law enforcement for over 26 years, prior to that I was in the Marine Corps for seven years. I trained about 400 officers for meth lab certification in Utah and trained another 440 officers in several other states.
I have personally been in over 350 illicit methamphetamine labs.
When I first came to do the Hubbard Detox Program I was experiencing muscle spasms, chest pains, occasional short term memory loss, cramps, some headaches, allergies for which I was taking medication, I was taking Advil to sleep at night and I was very irritable. I have also had surgery for colon cancer.
I completed the detoxification program in 37 days. While sitting in the sauna I could smell chemicals used to manufacture meth coming out in my sweat. Numerous times my towels smelled like ammonia. One day I could feel the morphine I was given for an operation come out. I also tasted Novacaine and my tongue and lips became numb on a couple of occasions.
I no longer need to take any medications. I have not had a single muscle spasm, headache, or any chest pain in over a couple of weeks. I sleep through the night and my disposition is completely different. I am no longer irritated by everything and my wife says that “I am back.” I still have allergies but they are less.
I feel better about myself, my mind is clearer and more focused, my attitude towards others has changed I find myself being more patient and more willing to listen. I get along better with my wife.
I would like to thank all of the Detox Staff for their assistance and guidance through this difficult yet important process.
AA Lieutenant - UDPS
I started working with my department SWAT team in 1997. One of our main functions was to serve high risks warrants on meth labs around the state.
Many times the labs were so full of gases we had to drop low just to see into the room.
Eventually, after having entered countless labs I noticed my energy level dropping considerably. I started getting headaches regularly, I couldn’t sleep, I had breathing problems, sinus problems and acid reflex along with other symptoms.
I started the Hubbard detoxification through the Utah Meth Cops Project in late September.
Quickly into the program, I noticed that my sweat smelled like ammonia, a chemical used during the manufacture of methamphetamine.
An unidentified black substance started coming out of my pores on my chest. Some strange matter came out of my tear ducts. More than once I tasted a metallic taste in my mouth and numerous times I felt “foggy.”
After the program I no longer have headaches. I am sleeping well again, in fact better than I have in years. The breathing problems and acid reflex are gone and best of all I have my mental clarity and energy back.
I would like to thank Attorney General Mark Shurtleff for bringing this program to the state, my superiors for their unwavering support and the staff of the Utah Meth Cops Project for their care and expertise.
BM
Undercover officer - UDPS
Before starting the program I suffered from chronic severe headaches, muscles spasm in my neck, acid reflex, heartburn, and numbness in some toes and fingers.
I had gone to several doctors who prescribed meds that helped suppress the symptoms but didn’t make life better. The medication for the headaches eased the pain but didn’t get rid of it. The muscles spasms were cut down from every day to a few times a week. Nothing I did made the acid reflex better.
Shortly into the detoxification program the headaches and spasms were gone. I am very happy to report that the numbness in my extremities is gone as well as the acid reflex. It is an awful feeling to wake up with that acid taste in your mouth and nothing can get rid of it. The acid reflex was gone the first week into the program. The heartburn is now controllable.
I also had glass-like beads coming out of my eyes. My eyes would burn like they had chlorine in them and afterwards this “substance” would come out.
The staff at the Utah Meth Cops Project was great and very knowledgeable. I am grateful to Sheriff Slater and the Attorney General for making possible for me to do this program. It has made the world of difference in my health.
I feel great, I have a lot more energy and I can think clearly like I did before working on the meth labs. I am very happy to have done the program. I recommend it to all the officers who are suffering from exposure. Before doing the program I was sure that my health was only going to get worse, now I feel better than I have in years and I have hope for a healthy life.
MK
Deputy Sheriff - Weber County
First Responders noticed remarkable results
Following Attorney General Shurtleff's visit in 2007, three individuals from Utah underwent the New York Detoxification program. They were a Chief of Police, an Intelligence Officer who works with a methamphetamine strike force and a Fire Department Battalion Chief. All three reported experiencing very positive results, including a sense of overall better health, more energy and greater clarity of mind.
From the first cases, the results from detoxification experienced by the 9/11 rescue workers in New York were remarkable. Aside from the subjective sense that their bodies were being cleansed, all participants in the program, including the three Utahn's, reported varying degrees of dramatic tangible evidence.
Patients have had black paste coming out of their pores in the sauna," notes Jim Woodworth, president of the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project. "Their sweat has stained towels purple, blue, orange, yellow and black. They have reported bowel movements that are blue, or green, or that have smelled like smoke —despite the fact that they had not been at a fire scene for months."
A recent evaluation of 286 cases treated at the project's Manhattan facility, Downtown Medical, P.C., found that on average neurological, muscle and lung symptoms resolved fully in three out of four cases treated and greatly improved in virtually every case. Click here for a summary (For Adobe Reader pdf format).
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