Salt, bleach, drain cleaner, cold medicine, alcohol and lithium batteries seem like common household items. But mixed together with other toxic items in a special way, they can create a countywide safety and law enforcement concern — meth. “The number of methamphetamine labs here in this county actually shocks me,” said Unicoi County Sheriff Mike Hensley. “I knew there were some, but we have got a problem here with methamphetamine.”



Hensley explained on Friday that the department’s narcotic team has been very busy tackling the methamphetamine issue in the area. More...