Ask people in many neighborhoods, and they might be able to point to examples of where drug use has caused a blight.

The Gadsden City Council is inviting people to attend a seminar about a little-known law that can be used to rid drug nuisances from a neighborhood. Under the law, the attorney general, district attorney, county or city attorney, a citizen or a community-based organization may file action in circuit court to "abate, enjoin and prevent the drug-related nuisance." That means a house being used for drugs can be condemned or its owners can be fined until the property is cleaned.

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