It's a trend that is a couple of years in the making but meth is making a comeback.

Clinton Police Chief Ben Lowers indicates it was just five or six years ago that heroin overdoses were alarmingly high but now it is meth and this isn't the meth they were seeing from the 90s.

According to the Chief, with the legalization of marijuana in Illinois, the issues they have seen with that have decreased but he is noticing an uptick in issues with drugs that can be life-altering.

Chief Lowers believes substance abuse is plaguing our society and is a substantial issue. The stress of the economic hardships some are enduring can be a trigger of crime and the Chief adds substance abuse and mental health issues are recurring themes.

Chief Lowers is very thankful to have people in the Clinton community that want to address these things and gives a lot of credit to Paul Skowron at Warner Hospital for his efforts in addressing the rising substance abuse problems of the community.