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For approximately $ 100 in materials , a " cook " can produce $ 1,000 worth of methamphetamine . On a much smaller production and distribution scale are the independent operators of small toxic labs ( STLs ) , which collectively account for approximately 95 percent of the clandestine laboratories seized in the United States . The statutory basis for considering such applicants is contained in Title 21 , United States Code , Section 823 ( a ) ; these considerations are given to all those that wish to manufacture a substance controlled in Schedule I or II of the Controlled Substances Act. Briefly , the Attorney General , who has subsequently re-delegated this function to the Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the DEA , is empowered to register those whose applications are consistent with the public interest and United States ’ obligations under various international treaties . ” For the past two years , Congress has appropriated funds for states to initiate and expand PMPs .