Just days after a large drug round-up in a small city, local law enforcement says 31 indictments are just the tip of the iceberg.

Many people in the Douglas County community of Ava think more needs to be done to keep illegal drug use down and dealers out of town.

Ava Police Chief Larry Smith says it's not just illegal drugs, but legal drugs, causing problems.

Smith says prescription drugs are the latest drug of choice in the town struggling with growing drug problems.

After the 31 drug indictments, the only place that legally sells drugs in Ava is cracking down on their own.

Ava Drug employees say they have and will continue to refuse to sell certain medications to individuals they believe are selling or abusing the prescriptions.

Ava Drug is one of the only pharmacies in the town of about 3,000.

Owner David Norman and his employees try to walk the fine line of offering small-town customer service while keeping prescription pills out of drug dealers’ hands.

"It's not just hydrocodone; they also want muscle relaxers," pharmacy technician Suzanne Welsh says.

Welsh says before Tuesday’s arrests, employees were already refusing to sell to controlled medications to the suspects on the list.

"We are not going to sell controlled medicines to them,” Welsh says. “So hopefully those medications won't get into circulation in our community."

Smith says drug dealers are finding their way around the system.

"They are selling the drugs they really need to be using or stealing them,” Smith says. “You used to hear people wouldn't eat to buy their drugs. I think now people are selling their drugs so they can eat."

The chief says methamphetamine used to be the city's drug of choice.

He says the South Central Drug Task Force’s six month undercover investigation discovered marijuana, cocaine, heroin and prescriptions are also at the top now.

"We definitely want to do something to change that," Welsh says.

After living in Ava for more than 20 years, Welsh says neither the pharmacy nor law enforcement can solve the city's drug problem.

"In a small community there just isn't enough to do,” Welsh says. ”We are seeing these young children do whatever it is that Mom and Dad do."

Smith says he’s heard many concerns and comments about the undercover investigation.

He says his department is only as good as the people who talk to them and are willing to give tips.

“You go fishing and you don't catch all the fish but you keep fishing," Smith says.

The police chief asks anyone with information on drug dealers not in the indictment to call his office (417) 683-2931 or send him an email at lscv10@copmail.com.

We spoke to new Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase who says he will continue to work with the South Central Drug Task Force.

Here’s an updated list of people arrested and charged with the sale of a controlled substance:

1. Dianna M. Barnes, 30, Ava, Missouri
2. Austin C. Bogart, 19, Ava, Missouri
3. Charles M. Clark, 33, Ava, Missouri
4. James H. Cruse, 40, Mountain Grove, Missouri
5. Mathew P. Deever, 23, Ava, Missouri
6. Quisto W. Eutsler, 21, Squires, Missouri
7. Blane D. Fleetwood, 45, Ava, Missouri
8. Cory E. Goodman, 25, Ava, Missouri
9. Kristopher K. Ingino, 22, Ava, Missouri
10. Debra K. James, 51, Ava, Missouri
11. Franklin C. Johnson, 21, Squires, Missouri
12. Jeffrey T. Joseph, 19, Ava, Missouri
13. Stephen D. Lansdown, 55, Ava, Missouri
14. Thomas M. Larimore, 43, Ava, Missouri
15. James S. Lewis, 31, Ava, Missouri
16. Shannon M. Ponder, 34, Ava, Missouri
17. Daniel C. Souder, 24, Ava, Missouri
18. Beth L. Stafford, 48, Ava, Missouri
19. Ronald K. Swearengin, 45, Ava, Missouri
20. Jessica L. Williams, 23, Ava, Missouri
21. Michael L. Williams, 28, Ava, Missouri
22. Frank Johnson, Ava, Missouri
23. Mike Shiebel, Ava, Missouri
24. Brian Smith, Ava, Missouri
25. Laura Bengston, Ava, Missouri
26. Ciera Terry, Ava, Missouri
27. Lenora Stevens, Ava, Missouri
28. David Henry, Ava, Missouri

Investigators believe the last three individuals they are looking for have left the area.

(Jan. 7 Editor's note: Commenting on this story has been de-activated temporarily.)