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Abstract

The invention is a system for detecting air conditions in a residential room, apartment, or other building that suggest the manufacture of illicit drugs or other illegal substances, such as methamphetamine. The invention includes a compact sensor that may be secretly installed in a room to sense levels of VOC's and/or other solvents and/or other hazardous chemicals in the ambient air of the room that are indicative of illegal drug or chemical manufacture. Upon sensing an event at or above the pre-determined alarm level, the sensor system signals an alarm, preferably a wireless, hard-wired, or other electric or electronic signal to a remote location, such as a building manager's office, a police station, or other community authority. The invention comprises a gas or vapor sensor adjusted or set to detect levels of VOC's and/or solvents and/or other hazardous chemicals in air, at the 100-900 ppm range, instead of the parts per hundred (pph) or low parts per million (ppm) (less than 100 ppm) or parts per billion (ppb) range that are typically available in prior art gas or vapor sensors.

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First Claim