This column is about a very serious matter -- drugs and addiction.

You probably read on a fairly consistent basis in this paper and other area news outlets about the people who are busted for drugs.

It happens all the time. Almost every day. Sometimes, many times in a single day.

The 22rd Judicial Drug Task Force, based in Covington County, makes more meth busts than any other circuit in the state of Alabama. In fact, the local DTF makes more meth-related arrests than Okaloosa County, Fla., a county with six times the population of Covington.

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