LAMAR, Mo. — A Lamar man is being held without bond after postal inspectors, the Ozark Drug Enforcement Team and police served a search warrant on his home Thursday and …
ODET Arrested Three on Drug Charges
The Ozarks Drug Enforcement Team (ODET) served search warrants Wednesday on residences in Lamar and Carthage, seizing a total of 174 grams of methamphetamine and arresting three suspects on drug …
ODET Serves Two Drug Arrest Warrants in Lamar
LAMAR, Mo. — The Ozarks Drug Enforcement Team seized small amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana as well as a shotgun while arresting three people on warrants Monday at an address …
Here’s One Simple Way We Can Change The Conversation About Drug Abuse
The negative words we use to describe drug addiction — “clean” vs. “dirty,” “patient” vs. “addict” — can drive some individuals away from the very help they so desperately need. …
Community Comes Together To Combat Substance Abuse
BRANSON, Mo. – Leaders from Stone and Taney Counties came together Thursday to help combat substance abuse in their respective communities. A drug summit was held in Branson to update …
Preventing a community crisis: The Substance Abuse Initiative
In 2015, 27 million individuals 12 and older used illicit drugs, according to the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality — that is 10.2 percent of the U.S. population. …
Branson Area Eyeing Substance Abuse Solutions
BRANSON, Mo. – The Branson area continues its initiative to prevent substance abuse in the community. After months of research and assessment, the Skaggs Foundation and Cox Medical Center Branson …
School hosts substance abuse workshop
When Al Vineyard visited her doctor for an injury on the job, she didn’t know her pain medication would lead to her nearly losing everything. “My doctor put me on …
The Man Who Reinvented Meth
John Cornille had been with the Drug Enforcement Administration for seven years. Yet he couldn’t wrap his head around what his informant was describing. It was November 1992, and the …