imesHOLMES COUNTY T Blue Devils win in overtime dvertiser A11 Wednesday,A SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 www.bonifaynow.com Volume 121, Number 24 50¢ For the latest breaking news, visit BONIFAYNOW.COM Police charge 2 with growing pot Lonny Lindsey By Steve Liner When investigators ar- “suspected marijuana ghts, 26, were arrested Scholarship Ride Managing Editor rived at the scene, reports packaged to sell” inside and transported to the [email protected] say they discovered a sub- the refrigerator. Also lo- Holmes County Jail and The Lonny Lindsey ject on the property hold- cated in the home were charged with cultivation Scholarship Ride will Working on a tip, a com- ing a marijuana plant. The grinders, scales used in of marijuana, possession be held on Saturday, bination of the Holmes subject was ordered to the packaging of marijua- of marijuana with intent to Oct. 1, at Carmel County Sheriff’s Depart- the ground and detained. na, an assault rifle and a distribute and possession Assembly of God ment and the Bonifay Po- A second subject was lo- ERIC MARCUS small amount of cash, ac- of drug paraphernalia. lice Department discov- cated inside the home, ac- cording to reports. Both men were sched- Parking Lot. The ride SPEIGHTS BREWER ered marijuana growing cording to the report. The two subjects, Mar- uled to have their first will begin at 10 a.m. at 610 East Michigan Ave. As they searched the cus Larosa Brewer, 26, appearance in court with lunch at noon. in Bonifay. residence, police re- ports indicate finding and Eric Quentin Spei- Tuesday. Lunch will include hotdogs, hamburgers, chips and drinks. Donations are $5 and includes lunch. Meth There will be wagons available if you would like to come and ride Meet Miss Rodeo the wagons. All riders grows as a need to be registered and ready to ride by 10 a.m. – Coggins required. All proceeds statewide will go to the Lindsey Scholarship Fund. For more information, contact Sue Mitchell at drug 547-5055 after 5 p.m. By Steve Liner Managing Editor INSIDE [email protected] It’s almost like an episode from Ripley’s Believe It or Not: No lon- ger are Floridians more likely to die as the result of an auto crash than drug use. Today, more in the state are losing their lives in the wake of an exploding metham- phetamine epidemic. According to law enforcement reports, there are some jurisdic- tions where meth “cooking” and/ Harvest report or addiction is growing 28 percent annually or more. B1 But Holmes County’s chief in- vestigator doesn’t believe it. “Where does that come from?” demanded Capt. Harry Hamilton in an interview on the topic last week, then indicated the problem is not as extreme in Holmes Coun- ty as other locales in Florida. “We’re staying on top of it pret- ty much,” he said, “but it’s trying to make a comeback.” Happy corner “The trouble is, the high you get the first time you try meth A4 is the highest high you will ever get,” Washington County Sheriff Bobby Haddock said last week. INDEX And over time, he said, meth de- Arrests ..................................A 3 stroys the brain’s dopamine re- Opinion .................................A4 COURTESY HOLMES COUNTY HiGH Band BOOSTER ceptors, meaning that the only small sense of comfort and happi- Outdoors ...............................A9 On Sept. 17, the Holmes County Rodeo Pageant crowned its winners. They are: Miss Rodeo: Sports.................................. A11 ness an addict gets is when under Alana Sheffield;1st runner-up: Haylee Harris; 2nd runner-up: Lacey Whitehurst; the influence of the drug. Extra .....................................B1 Photogenic: Haylee Harris. See more photos of pageant winners on pages A5-A6. “People get desperate to have Faith .....................................B4 Obituaries .............................B5 See METH A2 Classifieds .............................B6 PHOTO SPECiaL LOCAL LEADERS HONORED TO THE TiMES- AdvERTisER Rachael Locke, 2012 Relay state of Florida. The American For Life of Bonifay/Holmes Cancer Society’s Holmes Unit County Event Chair, and Roger contributed to this award by Phone: 850-547-9414 Whitaker, 2012 Relay For Life providing at least one service to Web site: bonifaynow.com of Bonifay/Holmes County Team newly diagnosed patients and Fax: 850-547-9418 Development Chair holding the exceeding their ACS goal at an Florida Division Cancer Control astonishing level of 148 percent. Award for 2011. This was done through such This award was presented to programs as Road to Recovery the Panhandle Area for serving and the Gift Closet now housed the greatest number of newly at the Holmes County Chamber diagnosed patients in the of Commerce. No Strings Attached New and Used Auto Loans As low as 2.99% APR* Bonifay for up to 60 months 1720 S Waukesha Street • (850) 547-2260 No Direct Deposit Required • No Payment Draft Required Chipley No Payroll Deduction Required *Based on credit rating. 1044 Hwy. 90 East • (850) 638-8376 A2 | Holmes County Times-Advertiser Local Wednesday, September 28, 2011 METH from page A1 Evers unhappy over stop gun ban it,” the sheriff said. “That One big reason for the quently find thousands is why you see people rob- dangers is production of of dollars in cash at the By Tom McLaughlin Association Cooke also said bing stores or anywhere the drug. Dangerous, poi- site,” he said. “Never with Florida Freedom and other gun a doctor’s discus- they can get cash without sonous chemicals are in meth.” Newspapers advocates had sion of firearm even bothering to use a use. Often, a meth producer sought stron- safety does not im- mask.” In a “shake and bake” will simply make enough A federal judge in Mi- ger legislation, pede “the patient’s For years, the public operation, these chemicals for personal use and a few ami recently blocked en- legislation that right to continue has been warned about are loaded into a plastic companions to spread the forcement of a new gun would have to own, possess or the addictive properties soft drink bottle and shak- cost. law that had been cham- prevented doc- use firearms.” of meth are such that they en, the chemical reaction Hamilton said the ef- pioned by state Sen. tors in many SEN. GREG Evers said can’t even experiment creates extremes of both fect on children has been Greg Evers of Baker, a cases from EVERS his law does not once, and a new national heat and pressure that extreme in Holmes Coun- portion of whose district asking patients infringe on any- advertising campaign can lead to classic burns, ty and several years ago, includes this area. about whether they own one’s First Amendment aimed at teens is finding explosions and chemical meth was responsible for Not surprisingly, guns. rights. limited success in hinder- burns. the foster care system in Evers was not the least Evers said the inten- “It upholds an exist- ing first time use. And more and more the county “filling up.” bit happy with U.S. Dis- tion of the law was to ing statute that says What makes meth so frequently, manufacturers Hamilton is reluctant trict Court Judge Marcia stop “bad actors, bad you cannot build a data- dangerous? are using their vehicles as to describe law enforce- Cooke’s ruling. doctors” from using in- base on gun owners in There are a variety of mobile labs, an unbeliev- ment’s strategies for fight- “I believe that the formation they gathered the state of Florida,” he reasons, Haddock said. ably dangerous practice. ing the growing epidemic. judge has misread and to compile a database of said. First, the nature of the Meth addicts are ex- But he is quick to admit misunderstood what the gun owners. Evers’ bill was op- high is extremely addic- tremely dangerous for law that resources formerly bill actually does,” Evers Cooke, in issuing a posed strongly by doctors tive, and the damage to enforcement, Haddock available to his department said. temporary injunction and was watered down the physiology of the brain said, because the drugs ef- are no longer available. Under Evers’ bill, preventing Evers’ law from its original form to also is extreme. Second, fects create extreme para- One example? which passed during the from being enforced, a point that would allow according to Haddock, a noia in users. The U.S. Drug Enforce- 2011 legislative session, said the law violates a doctors to discuss gun person under the influence Haddock describes ment Agency once paid doctors “may not record constitutional right to ownership, as long as of meth is energized for meth as “a poor man’s for the safe dismantling of information regarding free speech. they didn’t “harass” their a number of hours, even drug” because it is rela- meth labs and disposal of firearm ownership in “The law directly tar- patient, or enter infor- days before “crashing.” tively inexpensive to hazardous materials. a patient’s medical re- gets protected expres- mation received, without The shear fatigue involved produce. No more. Today, that cord.” sion by restricting it,” a good reason, into their at the point of crashing “When we make a co- is a cost borne by Holmes The National Rifle she wrote. patient’s record. creates hazards. caine or pill bust, we fre- County. 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