A Scarlet "M"

The State of Tennessee has set up a "meth registry" for people who committ methamphetamine-related offenses.

From DRC-Net:

With the new year, meth offenders join sex offenders as social pariahs deserving of a permanent electronic registry in Tennessee. Just before year's end, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) got a new, online Meth Offender Registry up and running that will enable anyone anywhere to quickly and easily look for persons convicted of methamphetamine offenses in Tennessee.

The database searches for meth offenders either by last name and first initial or by county. The TBI describes the registry as "another tool to help fight the war on meth." The registry is part of a larger public-private partnership to fight methamphetamine use and production in Tennessee headed by the TBI and known as MethWatch.

DRC-Net rightly asks: "What's next? Ordinances or state laws saying that meth offenders can be excluded from living within 1000 yard of a school or park or arcade? Permanent monitoring? A scarlet 'M'? "