KALISPELL — Thanks to grant funding from the Montana Opioid Abatement Trust, an Adult Drug Treatment Court is coming to Flathead County for the first time.

“Statewide, what we’ve seen is that it has been pretty effective and there has been a significant decrease in recidivism,” said Judge Danni Coffman.

The Montana Eleventh Judicial District Court in Flathead County will soon launch an Adult Drug Treatment Court for felony defendants who have likely pleaded guilty to a drug-related crime.

“Essentially offers — instead of incarceration or something of that nature — it provides them with treatment,” said Coffman.

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Coffman said participants will

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