methamphetamine

In 2019, the annual methamphetamine-related death rate in Montana was 7.2 per 100,000 people, exceeding the national average of 5.7 per 100,000 people. Furthermore, over 65 percent of Child and Family Services Division substance-use related placements list methamphetamine as the primary drug.

A Montana man has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison for taking up his son's methamphetamine and heroin distribution operation.

A Missoula man who was suspected of stabbing another man to death in the restroom of a local restaurant will not face homicide charges.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr is traveling to Montana to speak about missing and murdered indigenous persons and methamphetamine trafficking.

County Sheriff Brian Gootkin spoke recently on the growing epidemic of methamphetamine across the nation and how prevalent the problem is in Gallatin Valley.

The Montana Highway Patrol will be receiving a grant for nearly $1 million to help fight the methamphetamine crisis in the state.

Methamphetamine use, abuse and addiction has dominated the news recently with the dramatic increase in crime, arrests and prosecutions.

Last Thursday, a gathering of law enforcement officials in Missoula laid out the goals and successes of a program called the ‘Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative’ to fight crime in Missoula County.

32 year-old Francis Crowley, the man accused of crashing a vehicle in the woods near Lolo Hot Springs and abandoning a five month-old child buried under a pile of sticks, appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Tuesday.

23 year-old Tiffanie Rae Pierce, charged with two counts of deliberate homicide in the stabbing deaths and dismemberment of 15 year-old Marilyn Pickett and 24 year-old Jackson Wiles, is also charged with attempted deliberate homicide in a separate case.