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Great to see NBC News put the national spotlight on the Mexican drug cartels and how they're targeting our Indian Reservations here in Montana in particular. Check out this eye-opening report.

Easy access to $45 twin packs of Narcan nasal spray at drugstores and pharmacies across Montana (with no prescription needed) will surely help save lives.

Stacy Zinn-Brittain, the top Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Montana, will be speaking and will also be fielding questions from the crowd. She has an incredible background.

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."

The Montana Highway Patrol is looking for backup- not just from the Montana Legislature, but from you as well.

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.

The Missoula County Attorney’s Office filed just five felony complaints this week.

The Missoula County Attorney’s Office filed 15 felony complaints this week.

County Attorney Kirsten Pabst said it was a really challenging week for our local law enforcement.