OVELL, Wyo. — Tucked under the snowcapped wall of the Big Horn Mountains, with its cattle and horse ranches and large Mormon church, this could be "that sleepy little town everyone wants," said Nick Lewis, the police chief.Except for one thing. Lovell, population 2,264, and two nearby towns have become infested by methamphetamine.
In the past two years, about 70 people from this small slice of northwestern Wyoming have been convicted of buying or selling methamphetamine, with more arrests and convictions expected soon, the authorities say. Methamphetamine-related crimes now consume half the time of Chief Lewis's seven-officer force.
The above quote ripped from the headlines of the New York Times. If you're a full subscriber, the entire article can be found here. One of my colleagues used to work in a prison in Missouri doing counseling. From what he tells me, meth addicts glow in the dark. I know that meth (along with drugs like oxycontin) is decimating rural towns in Missouri.
When the drug laws hit these folks like meat tenderizers, we're either going to see a prison explosion unlike one we've ever seen before, or we're going to see a drive to end the drug war.
Interesting LKS my take on this ,the drug law will not hit rural america onless there are minoritys involed in the traffic
Posted by: tootsie at January 9, 2004 10:41 AM