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How MN Indian reservations are tackling drug crisis

U.S. Attorney Andy Luger
U.S. Attorney Andy Luger tells reporters that a large heroin trafficking ring targeting two Indian reservations in Minnesota is officially 'out of business' following the indictment of 41 people. Beside him is Bill Brunelle, director of public safety for the Red Lake Tribal Police Department.
Laura Yuen | MPR News

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The Native American community in Minnesota has been hard hit by a drug crisis.

"Many lives, families, and communities have been damaged or destroyed from this poison," White Earth Chief of Police Randy Goodwin said recently.

Last month, a federal grand jury indicted 41 people in connection with a drug trafficking ring that focused on two Indian reservations - Red Lake and White Earth.

According to authorities, the multi-state ring obtained heroin, meth, and other drugs in Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis - and then sold them in and around the reservations.

MPR News' Tom Weber discussed the impact these drugs have had and what to do about it.