August has seen an average of one overdose per day in the Billings area, with 24 reported. 18 doses of the antidote naloxone were administered this month.
If you follow MMA, then you're surely familiar with the name Shane "Havoc" Fichter. The Billings resident was an absolute animal in the ring during his four-year career in amateur and pro fights in the late 2000s. His story about addiction and recovery is pretty awesome.
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.