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Four jailed after crack cocaine bust in Waynesville, Missouri Four Missouri area residents are being held in the Pulaski County, Missouri Jail after a drug raid over the weekend.

What started as an investigation by Waynesville, Missouri Police Department ended up as a successful joint operation by the Waynesville, Missouri Police and the Pulaski County, Missouri Sheriffs Department and four people in the Pulaski County, Missouri Jail.

Saturday night, Waynesville, Missouri officers were working a drug investigation, which led to two residences outside Waynesville, Missouri. They contacted Pulaski County, Missouri Sheriff J.T. Roberts and Missouri officers from both departments followed up the investigation.

Information received indicated that a male suspect had been out of state and was to return with several pounds of cocaine and crack cocaine. Efforts to arrest the individual as he returned with the drugs failed and Missouri officers then proceeded to "make a purchase" of crack cocaine from the suspect.

According to Missouri authorities, during the purchase, the suspect told the Missouri LANEG officer that he was heavily armed and would kill the first Missouri police officer that came to his house and that he'd been told that Missouri police had been watching him. Fearing for the safety of the Missouri officers, a "no-knock" search warrant was obtained and the Pulaski County, Missouri Special Response Team was put in use. Shortly after midnight. a 40-year-old male suspect and three female suspects from Waynesville, Missouri were arrested without incident and are currently being held in the Pulaski County, Missouri Jail, pending the filing of criminal charges today. Several weapons were seized, and a search of the Missouri residence was conducted and 18 ounces of crack cocaine was seized along with other drug paraphernalia.




Investigation is continuing by Waynesville, Missouri Police, Lake Area Narcotics Task Force, and Pulaski County, Missouri Sheriffs Department.



Missouri Treatment Facts

  • During 2000, of the 44,317 individuals entering substance abuse treatment in Missouri, 7,990 were for cocaine .
  • During 2000, of the 44,317 individuals entering substance abuse treatment in Missouri, 10,476 were for marijuana .
  • During 2000, of the 44,317 individuals entering substance abuse treatment in Missouri, 1,924 were for heroin .
  • During 2000, of the 44,317 individuals entering substance abuse treatment in Missouri, 3,457 were for meth .
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If you or someone you care for is has a substance abuse problem and needs treatment, it is important to know that no single treatment approach is appropriate for all individuals. Finding the right substance abuse treatment program involves careful consideration of such things as the setting, length of care, philosophical approach and your or your loved one's needs.

  • Effective treatment must attend to the multiple needs of the individual -- not just the drug use.
  • Remaining in substance abuse treatment for an adequate period of time is critical for treatment effectiveness and positive change.
  • Each person is different and the amount of time in treatment will depend on his or her problems and needs. Research shows that for most individuals, the beginning of improvement begins at about 3 months into treatment. After this time, there is usually further progress toward recovery.
  • Counseling (individual and/or group) and other behavioral therapies are critical components of effective treatment.
  • In treatment, individuals look at issues of motivation, build skills to resist drug use, replace drug-using activities with constructive and rewarding behaviors, and improve problem-solving skills. Behavioral therapy also facilitates interpersonal relationships and the individual's ability to function in the home and community.
  • Detoxification is only the first stage of substance abuse treatment and by itself does little to change long-term drug use.
  • Detoxification safely manages the acute physical symptoms of withdrawal associated with stopping substance use. While detoxification alone is rarely sufficient to help addicts achieve long-term abstinence, for some individuals it is a strongly indicated precursor to effective drug addiction treatment.
  • Strong motivation can facilitate the treatment process. Support from family and friends can increase significantly both treatment entry and retention rates and the success of drug treatment interventions.
  • It is important to match treatment settings, interventions, and services to each individual's particular problems and needs. This is critical to his or her ultimate success in returning to healthy functioning in the family, school, work and society.

Patients who stay in substance abuse treatment longer than 3 months usually have better outcomes than those who stay less time. Patients who go through medically assisted withdrawal to minimize discomfort but do not receive any further treatment, perform about the same in terms of their substance use as those who were never treated. Over the last 25 years, studies have shown that treatment works to reduce drug intake and crimes committed by drug-dependent people. Researchers also have found that drug abusers who have been through treatment are more likely to have jobs.

The ultimate goal of all substance abuse treatment is to enable the individual to achieve lasting abstinence, but the immediate goals are to reduce drug use, improve the patient's ability to function, and minimize the medical and social complications of drug abuse. Nearly all addicted individuals believe in the beginning that they can stop using drugs on their own, and most try to stop without treatment. However, most of these attempts result in failure to achieve long-term abstinence. Research has shown that long-term substance abuse results in significant changes in brain function that persist long after the individual stops using drugs. These drug-induced changes in brain function may have many behavioral consequences, including the compulsion to use drugs despite adverse consequences, the defining characteristic of addiction.

Understanding that addiction has such an important biological component may help explain an individual's difficulty in achieving and maintaining abstinence without treatment. Psychological stress from work or family problems, social cues (such as meeting individuals from one's drug-using past), or the environment (such as encountering streets, objects, or even smells associated with substance abuse) can interact with biological factors to hinder attainment of sustained abstinence and make relapse more likely. Research studies indicate that even the most severely addicted individuals can participate actively in treatment and that active participation is essential to good outcomes.


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Missouri Facts

  • Missouri is known as the "Show Me State".


  • The 'Show Me State' expression may have began in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, "I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me."

  • Missouri ties with Tennessee as the most neighborly state in the union, bordered by 8 states.

  • Missouri was named after a tribe called Missouri Indians; meaning "town of the large canoes"

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