BROOKFIELD, MO. -- Monday night, citizens of a small north central Missouri town hosted a meeting to target drug and alcohol abuse in the community.

In the spotlight was a type of controversial incense that teens are buying at a store on Main Street.

The problem with the incense Bocomo Dew is that some teenagers are reportedly smoking it to get a high similar to marijuana, and it's not a product intended to be smoked.

It was a relatively calm meeting with about 100 concerned citizens in the Brookfield High School Cafeteria.  This was the first meeting for the newly formed group “Brookfield Citizens for a Change”.

The meeting began with group leader Richard Davis addressing more than a dozen law enforcement officers and city officials with submitted questions.

Citizens that attended the meeting had similar reasons to be there.

“I’m here tonight because I want to find out why we’re not getting jobs in this town and also I want to find out and talk to people about what we can do about getting drugs out of this town,” said Brookfield Resident Franklin Bolin.

“I know there’s a thing that’s been going on with the drug stuff here in town and I know people have been blaming the cops about not doing anything really about it.  So, I’m just kind of curious,” said Brookfield High School Freshman Alex Mura.

“Right now the major thing that’s bothering me is the synthetic drugs that are being sold in our main street,” said Brookfield Resident Clydene Jones.

Brookfield Police Chief and City Manager Dave Hane attended last night's meeting to let folks know the problems Brookfield is facing is not much different than most other cities.

However, he did assure citizens that his department is aware of the issue with Bocomo Dew.

"Anytime that there's a possibility of a substance that is being abused, it's a concern for us.  And we're looking into different methods of dealing with it," said Hane.

Missing from Monday night's meeting was Travis Lovett. He’s the owner of Smell Goodz, the store in downtown selling the legal incense called Bocomo Dew.

Group leader Richard Davis says this is just the first of many meetings this group will be conducting.