Montana Drug Laws

Dangerous drugs
Offenses involving dangerous drugs (table of contents)

Possession
Criminal possession of dangerous drugs

Clandestine labs
Operation of a clandestine lab

Operation of a clandestine lab considered child abuse

Operation of a clandestine lab a violent offense requiring offender registration

Lab cleanup
Meth Cleanup Program (table of contents)

Regulation of precursors
Regulation of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine (table of contents)

Tank lock program
Anhydrous ammonia tank lock program

Treatment and sentencing
Establishment of treatment courts

Department of Corrections
Establishment of residential meth treatment programs

Trends and impact

In March 2008, the Montana Attorney General's Office released a report that suggested the state continues to make progress against the use of methamphetamine.

Courts and crime topics

Overview

Meth and drug courts

Meth and crime

quotationPutting meth ingredients like Sudafed behind the counter is a common-sense approach to fighting back against meth. In all my years, I've never seen a worse problem facing our close-knit Montana communities. We have to keep working together to crack down on crank."

—U.S. Senator Max Baucus