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.
Full Story: http://www.photonics.com/content/companyProfiles/2007/July/26/88443.aspx
Montana Meth Project: http://matr.net/news.phtml?cat_id=64&catlabel=Montana+Meth+Project
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