Meth Labs a Problem in Rural North

County experiencing meth problem

Rusk County is currently facing a methamphetamine problem and it's going to get worse.

That was the message delivered to 240 area citizens who attended last Thursday evening's Town Supper and Meeting in the Ladysmith High School Cafeteria and the 220 who stayed for a presentation by DCI Special Drug Agent Tim Schultz of Eau Claire, a nationally-known expert on meth and other illegal drugs.

The session was sponsored by Family Resources of Indianhead Community Action Agency to make the public, especially parents and students, aware of the presence and dangers of this highly addictive drug. The supper was made possible with a grant from the Alliance for Wisconsin Youth.

The meth problem has been moving from the Twin Cities through counties in Northwestern Wisconsin. Authorities report an increase in the use and manufacture of the drug and property crimes committed by meth addicts in Wisconsin counties. The problem has proliferated in Barron County to the west, where authorities are raiding meth labs and arresting users.

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That's why we need to ferret out and prosecute every POT SMOKER as an enemy of the state. Remember, proceeds from that bag of weed go STRAIGHT TO OSAMA!!!!! I know it's true! I heard it on Tee Vee.

We'll get around to meth when it suits us.

So what has taken them so long to get a policy in place.The war on drugs is always reactive why is that.By the time they start fighting one thing the dealers have moved onto something else.

It is very rare to hear of a raid on a Meth lab in this state. In the past, I assumed it was because there just weren't that many.

Whether or not there is an actual increase in meth-related crime in this state, I can only take the word of our police and legislators. I haven't seen any evidence of it in the media. But then again, our media has pretty much turned into useless, festering crap across the state, imho. Chances of seeing anything of importance in the media is pretty slim.

I think the mere thought of a sudden increase scares cops in the northern (and very rural) part of this state so they've made "prevention" an issue.

And of course the "law & order" party wants to capitalize on this (read take away civil liberties) so they have worked very hard to make it sound like an absolutely huge problem in order to pass legislation that sets up restrictions on all sales of pseudoephedrine and perhaps even a database to track purchases - just so they can catch a few hundred bad guys.

Problem is, it has me wondering how, exactly they plan to use this proposed database. Will it become an excuse to raid the homes of families where several members just happen to have come down with a cold at the same time, causing them to make several purchases of Sudafed in a month?