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Many parts of rural America have meth problems. Like the "moonshine" of yesteryear, it can be made cheaply with readily available ingredients and, unlike marijuana, it does not require outdoor cultivation or greenhouses. Like the moonshiners and bootleggers, they are rural gangsters. The cops cannot deal with such people under Marquis of Queensbury rules. That being said, the whole SWAT approach is wrong, as too many innocent civilians are injured and private property damaged. The worst example of the abusive SWAT technique was the Branch Davidian raid in Waco, Texas, 13 years ago, though the target in this case was guns, and not drugs. Additionally, the knockless warrant plays havoc with the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizure.

As with the DWI issue, the "War on Drugs" is being used by psuedo-conservative authoritarians as an excuse for expanding government power at the expense of personal liberties.

Waco was a nightmare, as was it's predecessor, Ruby Ridge, Those were both the feds. Not your usual "I live in the neighborhood" police officer. I'm appalled by all the cop bashing on this thread. Are their problems? You betcha. Is slamming all cops the answer? Nada. And where I live meth isn't a 'problem" it's a constant danger. I live in the county seat of Josephine county Oregon. I can look out my front window and (peering down two blocks worth of alley) I can see the front door of the county court house. A year ago a meth lab was busted in an apartment building less the a half block away, had that blown up, especially in the summer, there's a good chance I would've lost my home.