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State Capitol Report: Bills Diverge in How to Beat the State's Meth Problem

By Blake Farmer and Tom Humphrey

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Nashville, TN – Tennessee's persistent methamphetamine problem has spawned competing proposals in the state legislature, both from Republicans. The bills attempt to slow the sale of cold medicine for the purposes of cooking meth. But they get there in very different ways. Knoxville News Sentinel's Capitol Hill reporter, Tom Humphrey, joins WPLN's Blake Farmer to explain. The Sentinel chronicled Tennessee's meth crisis in its five-day series called "Shake, Bake and Boom."