Fentanyl dealers "got pulled over and they decided to hide the evidence by eating all the fentanyl pills. Everybody coded and they had to be revived with Narcan. "
Meth and fentanyl is being brought into Montana by the Mexican drug cartels. Those drugs are fueling violence, addiction, and a demand on family and social services programs all across the state. We're also seeing a big spike in pill use by kids.
We've already confirmed that Mexican drug cartel members are or recently have been in our jails here in Montana. We've also told you that MS-13 operatives, and the big city gangbangers are all moving into Montana. But what about the pill pushers?
In a recent Talk Back interview with Austin Knudsen, a Republican candidate for Montana Attorney General, he said that his opponent in the primary, current Deputy AG Jon Bennion lacked experience as a practicing attorney.
Investigators say they also found paperwork in the home office that indicated Gregory Green was using Bitcoin payments as part of the drug trafficking operation.
Besides the tax and marijuana measures, lawmakers kept alive bills dealing with prescription drug pricing, retaliation complaints against Child and Family Services.