fentanyl

While the state pours resources into curbing the use of opioids, the City of Missoula could make it easier for users to test their product for purity in an effort to reduce poisoning from other chemicals cut into the product.

The total number of people who have died from fentanyl overdose in Montana is unknown, but the state crime lab has been able to confirm 74 deaths caused by fentanyl in 2022.