Montana leads the way in U.S. success in curbing meth. In two years, the state dropped from fifth to 39th in the use of the illegal drug. Its secret: good advertising.
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In 2005, Montanans were leaving home – not because they were fleeing the state for better prospects; they were going to prison. The Treasure State had the fastest-growing prison population in the United States, fueled largely by a methamphetamine epidemic. Half of its male inmates and two-thirds of its female inmates were incarcerated for meth-related crimes.
Today all that's changed. Instead of struggling with America's fifth-worst meth problem, the state now ranks 39th. Teen use has declined 45 percent; adult use is down 70 percent.
The Montana Meth Project http://www.montanameth.org/
By Tom A. Peter | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
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