Meth and Substance Abuse Conference according to : kcwy13
Experts from today's meth and substance abuse conference addressed a growing problem, parents who abuse drugs around their children. News 13's Tyler Waggenspack attended a meth and substance abuse conference today (Wednesday). The meth and substance abuse conference continues Thursday at the Ramkota Hotel. Dr. Delaney has over 40 years of experience dealing with substance abuse. But what's staggering about drug related abuse among children are the numbers.
"Our state crime lab there in Missoula has experienced a 143 percent increase in substance samples that test positive for methamphetamine and a 475 percent increase in substance samples that test positive for heroine," Fox said. Photo by Phil Walter/Getty ImagesThe increase of drug use in Montana is obvious from reading jail rosters and newspaper headlines but Montana Attorney General Tim Fox says that growth in substance abuse over the past three years is especially bad, and drug use has begun to stress the criminal justice system. "Unfortunately, we also know that an estimated one in ten Montanans is dependent on or abusing alcohol or drugs."Today, April 19, Fox kickstarted "Aid Montana" an initiative to help change the way the state deals with substance abuse. "It's time to do something different," Fox said. "We've partnered with the Montana healthcare foundation, we'll be doing a series of six town hall listening sessions across the state during the summer, then we're going to have a major summit where we'll bring all of the stakeholders and interested people to come and talk about these issues."The end goal of all this, is to gather evidence and opinions to help draft a plan that will appear at the next Montana Legislative session two years from now.
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"Our state crime lab there in Missoula has experienced a 143 percent increase in substance samples that test positive for methamphetamine and a 475 percent increase in substance samples that test positive for heroine," Fox said. Photo by Phil Walter/Getty ImagesThe increase of drug use in Montana is obvious from reading jail rosters and newspaper headlines but Montana Attorney General Tim Fox says that growth in substance abuse over the past three years is especially bad, and drug use has begun to stress the criminal justice system. "Unfortunately, we also know that an estimated one in ten Montanans is dependent on or abusing alcohol or drugs."Today, April 19, Fox kickstarted "Aid Montana" an initiative to help change the way the state deals with substance abuse. "It's time to do something different," Fox said. "We've partnered with the Montana healthcare foundation, we'll be doing a series of six town hall listening sessions across the state during the summer, then we're going to have a major summit where we'll bring all of the stakeholders and interested people to come and talk about these issues."The end goal of all this, is to gather evidence and opinions to help draft a plan that will appear at the next Montana Legislative session two years from now.
Community Health Center Joins Substance Abuse Initiative
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