Pubdate: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Copyright: 2004 The Commercial Appeal Contact: http://www.commercialappeal.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/95 Author: Joe Gillis Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine) LOWEST IN TAXES, TOPS IN METHAMPHETAMINE Tennessee had two dubious honors in your Sept. 10 edition. The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration reported that Tennessee in 2003 had the most methamphetamine labs cleaned up of any state for the third year in a row ("Meth's family destruction worsens, report says; more kids taken from their parents"), and that Tennessee is home to 75 percent of the meth labs in the Southeast. Meanwhile the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation reported that Tennessee had the lowest state and local tax burden of any state in 2002 ("Tenn. tops in low taxes, group says"). I guess you get what you pay for. Joe Gillis, Adamsville, Tenn. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek