Alcohol is top drug for Havre teens

Imagine a city boy who got mixed up with the wrong crowd is sent by his parents to live in an idyllic country setting to keep him away from life in the fast lane fueled by drugs and alcohol.

Some of those city kids might end up in Havre and the surrounding area, but parents might not be getting their children as far from trouble as they think, said Jerry Nystrom, Havre's police chief.

"Everybody's got the same problem," he said.

"It's just proportionate to your size."

The area has generational ties to strong work ethic and responsibility, but there is a tie to alcohol and drugs twined deep...