Even the county Sheriff uses meth

[Liberal_in_LA]

Sheriff faces meth charge in state ravaged by drug

April 18, 2011

One county on the edge of the Missouri Ozarks seemed oddly immune to the scourge of methamphetamine ravaging the state, boasting few meth raids or arrests in recent years. Some residents now think they know why, after a meth bust landed the Carter County sheriff himself in jail.

Tommy Adams, county sheriff for a little more than two years, was arrested earlier this month after giving meth to an informant at his cabin on a remote and hilly gravel road, according to a court document. He also allegedly snorted the drug himself with a straw. Authorities would not detail the extent of Adam's alleged meth involvement, but charged him with meth distribution. He is being held in Cape Girardeau County jail on $250,000 bond.

Now, a county once seen as an exception has become the latest example of how deeply meth has saturated every corner of rural Missouri life. Other rural law enforcement officers have been linked to drugs over the years, but Adams is one of the first arrested for meth.

"I think it's pretty sad," said Vicki Babbs, 46, of Van Buren. "You've got someone who's sheriff riding around high on meth with a gun. It's pretty scary."


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/04/18/state/n121514D88.DTL#ixzz1JvVTA9kq

[intheflow]

1. Dude should have read A Scanner Darkly

before mixing drugs and law enforcement.

[cdsilv]

2. Having grown up in rural Ga. all I have to say is....

...'well, there is that'.