Drugs? (Murfreesboro, Rutherford: to buy, construction, stats)

[TornadoAlley]

Anyone know of any bad "meth" areas in TN we should stay away from? IE; Murfreesboro?

[mhogan10010]

Most of rural America has a Meth problem. So, I am sure that this exists in part on the outskirts of Murfreesboro as well. On a database of people convicted of making or selling Meth, I found 9 offenders in Rutherford County.

[Magster]

We've been told it's big problem in Campbell County but a new sheriff and the PDs in the area have promised to clean house. We'll cheer them on.

[TornadoAlley]

Originally Posted by mhogan10010

Most of rural America has a Meth problem. So, I am sure that this exists in part on the outskirts of Murfreesboro as well. On a database of people convicted of making or selling Meth, I found 9 offenders in Rutherford County.

Can you PM the link you founf that information? Is 9 bad?

[rubytue]

Note to moderators - This is not an ad, it is a link to a state government website, and I am not affilitiated with it in any way.

http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/methor/

[insanesmooch]

Since I did not usually get the chance to see the local paper much while in Murfreesboro, I may have missed information on meth busts. I do recall one that made the tv news and it was right behind MTSU.

[heathersmom]

That sight is nice to have- they all seem to be in 2005- do they keep it up to the date? The most Ifound was 9 names--some counties that are huge like Davidson only had like 5 names--which seems lower than expected??? Anyway Thanks...

[wellkids]

Meth can and is found everywhere. It is a "problem" in the rural areas and not in your populated communities.

According to Rid-Med.org the problem areas in TN are quoted as follows:

2005 Summary
The hot spots in Tennessee for meth seizures in 2005 were Hamilton County (76), Monroe County (75), Coffee and Marion counties (69 each), and Grainger County (67).

Three counties deserve extra attention due to the extraordinary rise in meth-related seizures in 2005:

Grainger County - Seizures increased from 18 in 2004 to 67 in 2005, a 272% increase.
Warren County - Seizures increased from 29 in 2004 to 58 in 2005, a 100% increase.
Anderson County - Seizures increased from 25 in 2004 to 47 in 2005, an 88% increase.
The three counties reporting the largest drop in meth-related seizures are:
Bradley County - Seizures decreased from 123 in 2004 to 45 in 2005, a 63% decrease.
McMinn County - Seizures decreased from 127 in 2004 to 58 in 2005, a 54% decrease.
Hamilton County - Seizures decreased from 109 in 2004 to 76 in 2005, a 30% decrease.


If you will go to their website, rid-med.org, you can find all the stats and info on meth that you desire. It will even break it down by county and the number of seizures. Rutherford County shows "0" but note that even Williamson County has 1. Meth labs can be found everywhere. I just attended a meth informational seminar and was told by the National Guard that meth labs are down significantly in TN due to the new meth-free laws and task forces addressing this problem. My husband volunteers with the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department and they are very determined to keep meth labs out of M'boro and Rutherford County. Once someone gets into making meth, it becomes obvious pretty quickly that something is wrong in the home. Thus, the need for seclusion and making meth in the rural areas is the desired location.

Murfreesboro does not have a meth problem ~ other than the fact that meth is around us all and everyone needs to be aware of the signs and fight to stop this from spreading.

[Magster]

I believe the Web site is rid-meth.org

[Joe P]

This Meth thing has me scratching my head. When I first moved here I saw the Meth Free TN and Meth Kills advertisements and thought heck, the stuff must be everywhere. I mean, coming here from Florida it seemed like Tn would be the meth capital of the countr and that you'd be able to buy bags of it out of vending machines on street corners.

After the first few weeks, then the first month and now after three months, I still have not found any.....not that I'm really looking. I have hypothesized a few possibilities:

1) It's a very rural problem. I mean way rural. Like the segment of society that doesn't work, come into the city (or even the outskirts) and pretty much stays in their shack in the wods.

2) This one might make me sound like a "tin foil hat" type but I have to wonder. See, Florida's equivelant of "The Meth problem That Will Ruin Society" is drunk driving. I'd say on a per-mile traveled basis you see the same number of anti-meth billboards as you do in Florida against drunk driving. Much like I came here expecting the streets to be littered with meth, someone from here might move to Florida and think every motorist is intoxicated. The driving habits in a lot of Florida might help reinforce this belief, yet I'm digressing.
Anyway, I have to wonder if perhaps the different states don't recieve some sort of federal funding for their issues. I know, it might be a stretch but is it not out of the realm of possibility that there is some money at the root of the "problem" and meth happens to be the pet-project for this particular state? I'm not denying that it's here, but could it be less of a problem than we might think so that the state can get funds from the Fed?

Anyway, since I've been here I've met people from all walks of life and have yet to meet anyone that jumped out at me as a meth-head. Since I'm in construction, and drugs usually follow my industry, I think I would have picked up on it by now if it was that prevelant. For those who can not ID a meth user, they are typically hyper, very skinny, bad teeth and edgy. Plenty of people around here with bad teeth but not does one symptom an addition make.