Pubdate: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 Source: Jefferson County Journal (MO) Copyright: 2008 Jefferson County Journal Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/8dAxv9do Website: http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/jefferson/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4853 Author: Sarah AuBuchon Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine) METH LAB NEARBY? CHECK THE WEB Jefferson County residents can check to see if there have been meth labs in their neighborhoods, thanks to a new Web site provided by the sheriff's office. The Jefferson County Municipal Enforcement Group has provided a link on the sheriff's main site, www.jcsd.org , that will show addresses where deputies have found chemicals or other items that indicated the presence of a clandestine drug laboratory, glassware seizure or dump site, said Lt. Scott Poe of the Jefferson County Drug Enforcement Unit. "If people are looking to move, they can find out if there's been a meth lab in the neighborhood," he said. "If they've already bought a house and it wasn't disclosed, the site will let them know if there was any activity."The locations, which are updated each month, are listed by address and are sorted by township. The information starts from January 2007. There were 218 meth labs seized in Jefferson County last year and 136 so far this year, Poe said. "We're on page to be about the same as last year," he said. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jefferson County led the state in 2007 with meth lab seizures, which Capt. Ralph Brown of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said is not necessarily a bad thing. "This is a sign of proactive law enforcement," he told the Journal in an earlier article. "Jefferson County deputies found and shut down more meth labs. You can turn your head the other way, or you can be proactive."