UNION, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com)—
For the ninth straight year, Missouri leads the country in the number of meth labs according to the federal government. But if a law that already exists in some cities would go statewide, those fighting meth say the heartache they see could stop.Over the past decade hundreds of people have been locked up here for making meth. This year Franklin county isn't number one in meth incidents in the state, but this state still is number on the nation.
Franklin county's top drug cop says there is a big reason his county isn't number one, and he says there's a big opportunity for Missouri to lose that dubious distinction as well.
He says laws making meth ingredients like Sudafed more difficult to buy over the counter need to cover the whole state. If they do, he says, the numbers will drop.
And more importantly for Sgt. Jason Grellner, he wouldn't take children into protective custody, like the six that are now in the state's care after cops allege a meth lab burned-out their house near Union.
