HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today an over 20,000 percent increase in fentanyl seizures by anti-drug forces in Montana since 2019. Additionally, over twice as much fentanyl was seized in 2023 compared to 2022, shattering previous records.
In 2023, Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task forces seized a total of 398,552 dosage units of fentanyl in Montana – a 111 percent increase in the total amount seized in 2022 when 188,823 dosage units were seized. It’s also a nearly 600 percent increase from 2021 when 60,557 dosage units were seized and a 6,000 percent increase from 2020 when 6,663 dosage units were seized.
