By Rusty Nixon Correspondent
PLYMOUTH — A new committee will talk about an old problem in the community.
Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter has announced the development of an anti-methamphetamine committee, which will look at enforcement, prosecution and rehabilitation involved with the deadly drug.
“I’ve contacted 13 people to be a part of discussion about different aspects of the problem,” said Senter. “Local and state law enforcement, the probation office, school officials and local citizens will get together to talk about what we can do.”
In 2008, Marshall County was seventh out of 92 counties in the state as police uncovered 41 illegal drug labs.  The largest percentage of these labs were in Plymouth or Center Township.

“Of the four counties that are served by the Bremen State Police Post, all four are in the top 10 in meth labs,” said Senter. “Vigo County used to have the worst problem but in recent years they’ve cleaned it up. Meth is still hitting the northern part of the state very hard.”
Before becoming mayor, Senter was a member of the Indiana State Police Meth Task Force and has seen the problem first hand. He says that many labs these days are smaller than they were just a few years ago, but the chemical dangers and the addiction are the same.
“I believe in Warsaw not too long ago they found a lab on a moped,” said Senter. “They can make it in one-gallon coolers now. The days of the big labs are pretty well over but people are still cooking for themselves and their friends.”
The first Mayor’s Anti-Meth Committee Meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 3:30 p.m. in the Plymouth Council Chambers. 
“I hope we can educate the public,” said Senter. “We won’t have any authority to take particular action, but the community needs to know about the problem. It’s something we have to keep in front of them.”
The public is invited to attend.