Oklahoma, where the meth comes sweeping down the plains.
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics has been very busy in one particular area of
Oklahoma:
In December of 2013, OBN and local authorities began investigating a large drug distribution ring in Pushmataha County." OBN Spokesman Mark Woodward said. "This group of defendants would sell significant quantities of crystal methamphetamine or ‘ICE', as well as prescription drugs in or around the town of Clayton, Oklahoma.”
Several of the 43 suspects lived in rural areas of Pushmataha, Latimer and LeFlore County.
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Chief Darrell Walker:
“It is troubling that in Clayton, Okla., today, we arrested approximately five percent of the entire town population,” said Darrell Weaver, the narcotics bureau director. “It shows that methamphetamine problems and dealers do not just magically go away by themselves. It takes law enforcement in a cooperative manner to dismantle these groups that will devour our communities with addictive substances.”
Perhaps Oklahoma needs to consider putting more funds in these counties for education and rehabilitation efforts? Keeping such a big chunk of the population behind bars for drug offenses is likely to get expensive in a hurry for a largely rural area.