Former state drug czar is now Idaho’s anti-meth chief, thanks to federal grant

Idaho is one of seven states receiving a Rural Methamphetamine Law Enforcement grant from the federal government, which is funding a “meth coordinator” for the state for 18 months to “draw together Idaho resources to further attack meth manufactured in, or traveling through, the state,” ISP Director Col. Jerry Russell told JFAC today. The coordinator: Jim Tibbs, who was Idaho’s first “drug czar” when then-Gov. Jim Risch appointed him to that position in 2006. Tibbs is a retired longtime Boise Police officer and former interim chief; a former chairman of the state Board of Correction; and a former Boise city councilman.