Bridger Photonics: Tackling Meth With Technology
| July 27, 2007 |  View for printing |
Montana's frontier lore has been fodder for countless shoot 'em ups, but it's hard to imagine a less likely setting -- Big Sky, open land, majestic mountains -- for an out-of-control methamphetamine (meth) abuse problem.
In fact, meth use in Montana is dramatically higher than the national average, and almost 3/4 of the state's federal sentences were meth-related in 2003. Not swayed by the scenery, the state has its sights on enforcement and prevention. And a Bozeman company is offering a photonics approach to the problem.
Peter A. Roos, cofounder, president and CEO of Bridger Photonics http://www.bridgerphotonics.com/ , returned to Bozeman in 2005 to join a team of applied laser physics researchers at Spectrum Lab, part of the Montana State University (MSU), where he had been an undergraduate and graduate student.
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