[Sir Gawain]

it was the local "redneck chemists" who saw a chance at an easy buck

Redneck meth labs don't produce enough for a massive profit. They do it in order to make enough to cover the costs and have some free for themselves.

[Lawdoc]

You give these weasels far too much credit to refer to them as chemists. Most I have dealt with (professionally) can barely read and are lucky not to get themselves blown up in their (so called )"labs".