Great Falls In Top 3 MT Cities For Fentanyl Trafficking According To U.S. Attorney
From KTVQ in Billings last week:
“Billings, Helena and Great Falls are top hotspots for drug trafficking of fentanyl, while Missoula falls in fourth, U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana Jesse Laslovich said Monday at a public forum.”
U.S. Attorney: Billings, Helena, Great Falls top cities for fentanyl (ktvq.com)
Great Falls appears to be the hub for drug trafficking on area Indian reservations, “…Great Falls traffickers are going to Blackfeet, Fort Belknap, and Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservations, Laslovich said.”
In addition, according to the New York Times:
“Nearly 110,000 people died last year of drug overdoses in the United States, according to preliminary federal data published on Wednesday, a staggering figure that nonetheless represented a plateau after two years of sharp increases.
The preliminary count of 109,680 overdose deaths was only slightly higher than the figure for 2021, when 109,179 people were estimated to have died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overdose deaths had climbed significantly that year and the prior year, increasing by roughly 17 percent in 2021 and 30 percent in 2020.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/us/politics/drug-overdose-deaths.html
I read this article and can’t help but think about the whack jobs who want to defund the police. I’m sure they have their hands full already without the fear of a depleted force.