LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Area residents call it "crack corner," but one teenager learned a tough lesson about the dangers of crystal meth.
According to police, a 17-year-old went online to research recipes to make crystal meth, a hardcore drug that can be deadly to use and to make.
"Its amazing how things like this can appear on websites, telling how you can buy household items, and you can make these... devices," Lawrence Police Chief John Romero said.
Police were called to the home on Margin Street after the teen called 911 for help. They found the chemicals and laboratory equipment inside the apartment.
"He indicated he was in the process of making crystal meth and we know the type of explosions that go with that," Chief Romero said.
The teen told his mother and investigators that he was experimenting with science.
Because the teen had not finished making the crystal meth, police have decided not to press criminal charges.
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