"Steve Daines, a Montana senator, made the claims on Friday while speaking to reporters alongside other several Republican officials during a trip to the US-Mexico border, amid an increase in migrants attempting to cross over to the US.

'Twenty years ago in Montana, meth was homemade. It was homegrown. And it had purity levels less than 30 per cent,' the senator told reporters as Utah senator Mike Lee appeared to smile throughout the comments.

“Today, the meth that is getting into Montana is Mexican cartel. It has purities north of 95 per cent,” he continued.

“Far more dangerous, far more addictive, and it’s less expensive because they’re producing so much of it and then shipping it into our country,” Mr Daines added."

Independent Newspaper - 27 March 2021
-- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/steve-daines-us-meth-montana-mexico-b1823327.html

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