I lived in TN for 3 years. It makes perfect sense. But its not true, the amount of meth needed to actually do damage would have to be huge. We are talking 100,000s of gallons of water. And what meth head is actually going to flush their drugs and have a toilet that would even be able to flush that amount in the time it takes for swat to break in their rotten meth trailer?! But man i laughed when i first started seeing this! Western TN was a trip.
@firmlee_grasspit- lol. There aren’t actually merged up alligators- and in some ways it’s more “the onion” than real life. A local police agency made a Facebook post that from how it looks was either intended to be humorous, or is just the case of local police making their assumptions about animals, drugs, and the environment with all the scientific expertise on those matters one expects a badge might confer. The police commented that people shouldn’t flush drugs down the toilet but should call them to get rid of them instead- and that flushed drugs could flow all the way down the river to create meth gators. Dubious at best. So just a slow news day and some police having fun or genuinely concerned but lacking subject matter knowledge.
"Now our sewer guys take great pride in releasing water that is cleaner than what is in the creek, but they are not really prepared for meth," police said. "Ducks, geese, and other fowl frequent our treatment ponds and we shudder to think what one all hyped up on meth would do."
Police also noted that if the drugs made it far enough to Shoal Creek and then the Tennessee River, "meth-gators" could become a thing.
LMAO
Also: "As far as I know, there's no methed-up gators being sighted anywhere," Killen said. "It's just a joke to let people know they don't need to be flushing their drugs of any kind down the sewer system. They need to dispose of it in a proper manner."
And then: Police said they'd help residents dispose of their drugs in a "proper way." In addition, prescription pills can be disposed of at the Loretto City Hall.
It's a trap!
Police also noted that if the drugs made it far enough to Shoal Creek and then the Tennessee River, "meth-gators" could become a thing.
LMAO
And then: Police said they'd help residents dispose of their drugs in a "proper way." In addition, prescription pills can be disposed of at the Loretto City Hall.
It's a trap!