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Can Exposure To Meth Smoke Cause Any Health Risk?

I just walked in on a foster child and caught her smoking meth.. I have contacted and reported it to the social worker. Now I am worried, what about the smell, residue in the room/home? Should I worry? She has been here for a few days and I did not find it till tonight and now I know that is what I have been smelling.
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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You don't get enough drug from the fumes to be able to do anything. However, the fumes of anything smoked might provoke lung inflammation if you are susceptible (such as having asthma or COPD) it is unlikely you will Start to get these diseases due to the fumes if you do not already have them.
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Can Exposure To Meth Smoke Cause Any Health Risk?

You don t get enough drug from the fumes to be able to do anything. However, the fumes of anything smoked might provoke lung inflammation if you are susceptible (such as having asthma or COPD) it is unlikely you will Start to get these diseases due to the fumes if you do not already have them.