Stacy Zinn-Brittain (DEA): "Bozeman is a different animal because we have a cocaine pipeline going through that area, and we have two cartels that are sitting up in that general region."
According to the Billings Police Department, today around 8:21 AM, BPD School Recourse Officers responded to a complaint of three 14-year-old students overdosing after ingesting a substance.
Keith Humphreys, addiction researcher and professor at Stanford University, said if there is no formal or informal pressure on people to seek treatment and STOP using drugs, then expect high rates of addictions, drug use, and even deaths.
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.