Local law enforcement attended a meeting last week on updates that went into effect on July 1 concerning the clandestine methamphetamine lab quarantine law.

This law defines how property contaminated by methamphetamine labs must be handled, who is responsible, and what steps must be taken to make the property suitable for human use.

Present at the meeting were law enforcement representatives from the Humphreys County, McEwen, New Johnsonville, Waverly, Houston County, Dickson County, the 23rd Judicial Drug Task Force; White Bluff, and the District Attorney's office, and the Humphreys County Register of Deeds office.

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