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Montana Was Once a Sea of Meth
By Courtney Lowery, 3-27-08
There's an interesting story today in the Christian Science Monitor detailing Montana's rebound from rising meth use.
It's a fine story but the first paragraph was sort of off-putting, to say the least:
"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."
I'm aware Montana has had a problem with meth use, but isn't that first sentence just a little over the top? As if Montanans needed more fodder for the stereotyping.
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