Stay up to date the progress being made by the state's meth education campaign and your local law enforcement officials, and read about the latest trends and opinions. This link is updated on a regular basis.
Meth addict who made documentary dies
04/18/07
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (AP) -- A former trucker whose documentary chronicled an agonizing descent as methamphetamine ravaged his body has died, optimistic to the end that his story would keep others from the highly addictive stimulant.
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Governor Bredesen Announces Grant Awards for Anti-Meth Program
01/26/07
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen today announced nearly $1 million in funding for after school programs to help kids develop anti-Methamphetamine messages to persuade their peers not to try Meth. The money was made available through a federal grant to Volunteer Tennessee, formerly the Commission on National and Community Service.
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Meth: Tennessee Makes Progress
07/21/06
State law enforcement officials say Tennessee has made major progress over the past year in combating methamphetamine. Through initiatives like the Meth-Free Tennessee Act, the Meth Offender Registry, and educational campaigns like the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference’s “Meth Destroys” campaign, Tennessee has seen a significant drop in meth lab seizures and a general increase in awareness about the drug’s dangers.
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State makes strides in combatting meth
07/01/06
Through initiatives like the Meth-Free Tennessee Act, the Meth Offender Registry, and educational campaigns like the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference's Meth Destroys Campaign, Tennessee has seen a drop in meth lab seizures and a general increase in awareness about the drug.
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Meth Summit: Students learn drug dangers
05/09/06
Four William Blount High School students learned about meth Tuesday and plan to share their knowledge with their school and community.
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Tennessee Youth Become Part of Anti-Meth Campaign
04/26/06
Over 150 middle and high school students from around the state gathered at the downtown Nashville Public Library today for an all-day summit on tackling methamphetamine use.
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Meth puts bite on users
04/23/06
2006-04-25
by Jessica Stith
of The Daily Times Staff
Minutes, hours and days pass by, but they do not even notice.
Methamphetamine addicts' only concern is making, getting or using the drug. They totally neglect their personal hygiene.
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Conference tackles issue of meth’s wide reach
03/21/06
When someone is addicted to drugs, the problem doesn’t just affect an individual — it reaches out to touch family members, friends, teachers, co-workers and many others.
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A youthful fight against meth - N. Van group spreads word about drug
03/10/06
When Aleyna Golinsky was asked to join the North Vancouver Crystal Meth Task Force, she had no clue the drug was so prevalent on the North Shore...
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Former 'meth mom' uses TV to warn others
03/01/06
When people see Lyn Noland's new 30-second public service announcements airing on local TV stations, she has a single hope — a single hope that she will leave behind a heart-print.
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Students view hazards of meth - Prosecutor hoping to prevent youths from becoming addicted.
02/23/06
The effects of methamphetamine use were put on display for Daniel Boone High School’s senior class Wednesday in the hope of educating students on the dangers of the drug before any of them find out firsthand.
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Daniel Boone students learn horrors of methamphetamine
02/23/06
Senior class members at Daniel Boone High School listen to Joe Crumley and Chris Ledford speaking at the school Wednesday about the dangers of methamphetamine use.
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State officials address meth via education
02/20/06
Officials in the Tennessee Department of Education and district attorneys statewide are ratcheting up efforts to increase methamphetamine awareness in Tennessee’s middle and high schools.
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"Meth Destroys" campaign hits the road
02/10/06
The fight against methamphetamine use has jumped from the courtroom to the side of the road.
A new billboard advertising Tennessee's !Meth Destroys! campaign went up along Volunteer Parkway last week.
!It's a way to reach a lot of people who don't read the newspaper or watch TV but can't help driving up and down the road,! said Greeley Wells, Sullivan County's district attorney general.
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Sullivan students getting cold, hard facts about methamphetamine
02/02/06
BLOUNTVILLE - !It kills your soul, and once your soul's gone, what do you have?''
And one time is all it takes.
That's the message that resonated with Sullivan Central senior Brett Hyder as he and his classmates got an honest and sometimes shocking look at methamphetamine.
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Students experience "Meth Destroys" campaign
01/26/06
Students watched as the images flashed across the screen, one after the other – a tearful former methamphetamine user, a slamming jail door, a trailer blown to pieces.
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Gibbons: Curbing meth takes on renewed urgency
01/25/06
As district attorney, I have seen a lot of misery, pain and senseless loss of life created by drug abuse. But few things have made a bigger impact on me than the effects of Tennessee's methamphetamine problem.
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State unveils "Meth Destroys" PSA campaign
01/20/06
Despite the decrease our state has seen when it comes to meth use, the drug is still a problem in our state.
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Meth Destroys campaign continues in Tennessee
01/17/06
TENNESSEE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO ROLLOUT PSAs, BILLBOARDS
AS ‘METH DESTROYS’ CAMPAIGN CONTINUES
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Campaign puts face on meth addiction
01/17/06
Public service announcements featuring four recovering meth addicts will begin airing soon across the state as part of Tennessee’s !Meth Destroys! campaign.
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ETSU to host meth forum
01/10/06
The growing problem of methamphetamine and overall substance abuse in Appalachia will be the theme of a major health conference in 2006 hosted by the College of Public and Allied Health at East Tennessee State University.
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‘Meth Destroys’ to include TV spots - Officials stepping up anti-drug campaign this year.
01/08/06
The statewide “Meth Destroys” campaign, which kicked off in early November and is being funded by a grant from Gov. Phil Bredesen’s office, now is kicking it up another notch in 2006.
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DAs roll out meth awareness campaign
12/30/05
The Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference is preparing to roll out new TV public service announcements featuring recovering methamphetamine addicts from Tennessee as part of the year-long !Meth Destroys! campaign.
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DAs Planning Ads On "Meth Destroys"
12/29/05
The Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference is preparing to roll out new TV public service announcements featuring recovering methamphetamine addicts from Tennessee as part of the yearlong Meth Destroys campaign.
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District attorney spreads word - Meth kills
12/29/05
Tell-tale signs of methamphetamine addiction, indicators of production labs and appropriate responses to both were were among information presented Wednesday during Clarksville Civitan's weekly meeting.
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DAs Planning Ads On "Meth Destroys"
12/29/05
The Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference is preparing to roll out new TV public service announcements featuring recovering methamphetamine addicts from Tennessee as part of the yearlong Meth Destroys campaign.
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TBI searchable registry lists convicted offenders
12/28/05
If you're wondering whether anyone in your neighborhood is involved in methamphetamine manufacturing, there's now a Web site to search for convicted meth offenders.
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Lawmen, D.A.’s office trying to halt Methamphetamine use in Unicoi County
12/21/05
In an effort to inform the public concerning the perils associated with methamphetamine drug use, the District Attorney General’s Office and the Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department began a public relations campaign Wednesday.
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Babies addicted to meth through mother's use
12/20/05
The methamphetamine epidemic in Tennessee is now claiming some of its youngest victims. Hospitals are now reporting some newborns are addicted to meth from their mother's use of the drug.
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Meth addicts' other habit: Online theft
12/15/05
What's happening in Edmonton is happening to one degree or another in communities across the USA and Canada — anywhere meth addicts are engaging in identity theft and can get on the Internet, say police, federal law enforcement officials and Internet security experts
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Rep. Love Calls For Multi-State Meth Task Force
12/13/05
State Rep. Sally Love Tuesday called for the creation of a multi-state task force of federal, state and local law-enforcement officials to examine the illegal trafficking of Mexican-made methamphetamine across state lines in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
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Deputy alleges illnesses are meth-related
12/12/05
Benton Chevrolet An Anderson County Sheriff's Department deputy has filed a workers compensation petition citing methamphetamine exposure.
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Dealing drugs over the counter
12/06/05
District Attorney Al Schmutzer Jr. and other district attorneys, working with Gov. Phil Bredesen, have now started a !Meth Destroys! campaign to increase public awareness of the problem.
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The New Moonshine
12/02/05
Have recently enacted state laws turned the tide in Tennessee's meth epidemic?
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Pair face meth charge
12/01/05
Although state lawmakers have tried to make it more difficult to obtain the ingredients to manufacture crystal methamphetamine, local authorities have arrested two individuals on charges of manufacturing and possessing meth.
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Meth bust - Thousands of dollars in drug seized in separate local incidents
11/28/05
Less than 12 hours after receiving information from a patrol officer, an early morning traffic stop by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office took approximately $50,000 worth of methamphetamine off of the street.
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Red Bank man sentenced for selling meth
11/28/05
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Red Bank man to more than six years in prison for selling methamphetamine from his home and his Soddy-Daisy business.
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Meth lab quarantine procedure revamped
11/28/05
A new, streamlined system and recent training may increase the number of properties law enforcement officials quarantine after finding methamphetamine labs, said Detective Tim Yates with the Chattanooga Police Department narcotics division.
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Meth destroys lives, so let's destroy the market for meth
11/28/05
It would be wrong to assume that methamphetamine is strictly a rural problem. The meth epidemic that has ripped apart many smaller communities could soon explode into the urban scene.
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Taxpayers shell out for "Meth Mouth" dental bills
11/28/05
Tennessee taxpayers will shell out tens of millions of dollars this year to fix drug-users' teeth thanks, in part, to a budget-busting condition called !Meth Mouth.!
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How effective are the new meth laws?
11/27/05
Maryville, Blount County (WVLT) - A couple of Blount County pharmacies assisted local authorities this week in nabbing men trying to buy medicine used to manufacture methamphetamine.
So is Tennessee's new law limiting purchases of what used to be over the counter cold medicines making a difference?
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Official: Indictments part of county's effort to crack down on meth
11/24/05
SEVIER COUNTY - The announcement of multiple federal drug indictments against local residents was just one part of a crackdown on a massive conspiracy to push methamphetamine in Sevier County, Capt. Randy Parton of the Sevier County Sheriff's Department said.
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Be proactive in fight against meth
11/23/05
I’m working in our community with a network of law enforcement officials, schools and organizations to further educate residents about the dangers of meth. This campaign is going to take a big effort from everyone. We will be in the schools, talking to our youth, but it can’t end there. This is a communitywide problem that can destroy lives and families, and it’s going to take a communitywide effort to slow down that destruction.
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Meth Bust Decline in Our Region
11/23/05
Last year Tennessee was second in the nation in methamphetamine lab seizures, behind only Missouri. Washington County led Virginia in that same category.
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State officials launch 'Meth Destroys' campaign with youth
11/18/05
SEVIERVILLE - District Attorney General Al Schmutzer Jr. told a group of county school officials Wednesday that the state was launching an anti-methamphetamine campaign, placing brochures and posters in schools for student awareness about the dangers of the drug.
Gov. Phil Bredesen, along with all the district attorney generals across the state, pulled their resources to begin the campaign, entitled !Meth Destroys.!
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Governor brings message that ‘Meth Destroys’ to Merrol Hyde Magnet
11/18/05
“Meth Destroys” was the message of a major anti-drug campaign launched by Tennessee’s Governor, Phil Bredesen, on Monday, Nov. 7, at Merrol Hyde Magnet School.
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Meth case sends business owner to prison for 6 1/2 years
11/17/05
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. — A former business owner who pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell methamphetamine apologized in court and described his community involvement to a federal judge who agreed Monday he was !not a typical defendant! but sentenced him to 6 1/2 years in prison.
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Schmutzer joins state effort in spreading word about meth
11/16/05
SEVIERVILLE - Meth destroys. That's the message Al Schmutzer Jr. and district attorneys general across the state are spreading as part of an educational campaign against the destructive drug.
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Dangers of meth 101
11/13/05
To try to prevent methamphetamine use among young people, state officials are educating them about the dangers — not just preaching at them. Congress should follow through on proposed legislation that would crack down on the drug.
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VUMC, state join forces to fight meth
11/11/05
Gov. Phil Bredesen is enlisting a group of local and state partners, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center and all 31 Tennessee District Attorneys, to fight the use and manufacturing of methamphetamine in Tennessee.
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'Meth Destroys' effort must be effective
11/10/05
Gov. Phil Bredesen says Tennessee has one of the worst methamphetamine problems in the nation. Surely other states might claim that distinction, but it really doesn't matter. Meth is affecting thousands of our young people, and it has to be stopped.
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‘Meth Destroys’ video to educate students about the dangers of the drug
11/09/05
Merrol Hyde Magnet School student Tucker Jacky said he would likely never use meth, but added even if the thought crossed his mind portions of a video shown at school Monday would turn him away from the drug.
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Three cheers
11/09/05
With the help of the district attorney general's office, Sevier County schools have another way to combat the problems of methamphetamines in our area.
Al Schmutzer Jr. announced the state's !Meth Destroys! campaign earlier this week to school officials. Brochures and posters have been placed in schools. The program will later include a video and DVD called !Meth Is Death,! put together by the district attorneys who conducted interviews with recovering meth addicts.
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‘Meth Destroys’ video to educate students about the dangers of the drug
11/09/05
Merrol Hyde Magnet School student Tucker Jacky said he would likely never use meth, but added even if the thought crossed his mind portions of a video shown at school Monday would turn him away from the drug.
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State Receives Funding To Fight Methamphetamine
11/09/05
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Bill Frist and Lamar Alexander today joined Congressman Zach Wamp in applauding the completion of the Fiscal Year 2006 Commerce, Justice and Science (CJS) Appropriations conference report. The report includes $4 million to assist Tennessee law enforcement officials in their ongoing battle against methamphetamine:
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State kicks off anti meth campaign
11/09/05
Merrol Hyde Magnet School student Tucker Jacky said he would likely never use meth, but added even if the thought crossed his mind portions of a video shown at school Monday would turn him away from the drug.
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State launches meth campaign
11/08/05
“Meth Destroys” is the new slogan Tennessee officials hope every child in the state’s middle and high schools remembers.
The slogan is part of the new multi-level methamphetamine education campaign, which Gov. Phil Bredesen kicked off Monday at Merrol Hyde Magnet School in Hendersonville.
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Youths to get early lesson on the perils of meth
11/08/05
HENDERSONVILLE — Gov. Phil Bredesen joined district attorneys general from across the state yesterday to announce a new campaign aimed at educating people about the dangers of using methamphetamine.
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Tennessee Meth Education Initiative Targets Teens
11/07/05
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A new education initiative about methamphetamine will concentrate on middle schools and high schools across Tennessee.
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Bredesen Unveils Meth Destroys Campaign
11/07/05
HENDERSONVILLE, Tn. - Gov. Phil Bredesen on Monday officially launched the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference's Meth Destroys statewide methamphetamine education campaign during a kickoff assembly and news conference at Merrol Hyde Magnet School.
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TENNESSEE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS LAUNCH STATEWIDE METHAMPHETAMINE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
11/06/05
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – Gov. Phil Bredesen officially launched The Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference’s Meth Destroys statewide methamphetamine education campaign during a kickoff assembly and news conference at Merrol Hyde Magnet School this morning.
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Authorities Battling New Enemy In War On Meth
08/23/05
After making tremendous progress fighting methamphetamine made in Tennessee, officials are now having to battle meth made south of the border.
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Federal Officials Announce New Anti-Meth Initiative
08/18/05
The federal government has joined Tennessee officials in the battle against methamphetamine.
Three of President Bush’s cabinet members were in Nashville Thursday to announce the new $12 billion program.
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Tennessee: Meth bill passes Assembly
07/05/05
Methamphetamine offenders will soon have a harder time buying ingredients to cook the brain-altering drug and face tougher punishment when convicted. Both state House and Senate Monday passed the Meth-Free Tennessee Act of 2005. It will now go to Gov. Phil Bredesen for his expected signature.
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