METH EDUCATION CAMPAIGN BEING MADE IN WORKPLACES

The Tennessee District Attorney General Conference is informing the
state's workplaces about the horrible effects of methamphetamine.

The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the state
Department of Labor are partnering with Tennessee's district
attorneys in the Meth Destroys campaign.

The purpose of the partnership is to provide information and
resources to educate employers and employees on the dangers of meth
in the workplace and the effect it is having on the economy.

Information about meth and its effects will be distributed by the
state chamber and labor department. Blount County District Attorney
General Mike Flynn will be visiting local businesses and civic
organizations to speak about the Meth Destroys campaign.

"We're trying to partner with many groups because meth affects so
many different people," Flynn said. "We're looking to the work force
and to employers, because people who are using meth are not great
employees and can create major problems for the businesses they work with."

According to a District Attorney General Conference press release,
methamphetamine abuse is affecting businesses due to absent
employees, increasing turnover with personnel and workers'
compensation claims. Employers will be educated about side effects of
meth use such as paranoia, hallucinations, violence and theft.

Anti-meth and drug-free workplace materials will be distributed to
more than 1,000 employers in the state who are chamber members. The
Labor Department will also make the information available at meetings
and training sessions.

The Meth Destroys campaign is a government-funded program intended to
educate the state's 95 counties' schools, businesses and communities
about the effects of methamphetamine. For more information visit
www.MethFreeTN.org.