Website of Meth Homes Proposed

(Akron, Ohio) Methamphetamine production has become so widespread that there is a concern that properties involved will not be adequately tracked.

Records of houses and apartments contaminated by previous tenants who cooked methamphetamines should be accessible to potential home buyers and residents through a local government Web site, a county task force said.

No Ohio law regulates the cleanup or requires the disclosure of homes and apartments that have been used as meth labs, which leaves unwitting future tenants at risk from the drug's poisonous fumes and residue.

The intent is to ensure the safety of future buyers which is fine except I'm not sure it's something the government should do. The idea could easily progress to the point where every piece of real property had a rap sheet delineating all criminal activity occurring at the location.