{"id":2131224,"date":"2026-01-08T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/?post_type=article&p=2131224"},"modified":"2026-03-26T19:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:58:15","slug":"tribal-health-meth-epidemic-recovery-montana-town-rebuilds-crow-reservation","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/tribal-health-meth-epidemic-recovery-montana-town-rebuilds-crow-reservation\/","title":{"rendered":"In Lodge Grass, Montana, a Crow Community Works To Rebuild From Meth\u2019s Destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lonny and Teyon Fritzler stand outside their childhood home on the Crow Indian Reservation in Lodge Grass, Montana. The house has sat empty for years since both men left town to recover from their meth addictions. (Katheryn Houghton\/KFF Health News)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

LODGE GRASS, Mont. \u2014 Brothers Lonny and Teyon Fritzler walked amid the tall grass and cottonwood trees surrounding their boarded-up childhood home near the Little Bighorn River and daydreamed about ways to rebuild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rolling prairie outside the single-story clapboard home is where Lonny learned from their grandfather how to break horses. It\u2019s where Teyon learned from their grandmother how to harvest buffalo berries. It’s also where they watched their father get addicted to meth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n