I think it really got started in the late 90’s early 2000’s when the opioid epidemic was just getting going. There was “pain clinics” about every 1/4 mile, then once you head out of jasper it was bingo halls. Those folks needed money and I didn’t matter how they got it. Number one place to hire a hitman is what I’ve always been told. I do know it was the epicenter for opioid addiction outside of coal mining towns in West Virginia.