The bill’s sponsor says too few people know about the link between alcohol consumption and cancer.
Alcohol & Substance Abuse
How Portugal eased its opioid epidemic, while US drug deaths skyrocketed
Portugal cut drug deaths by 80%, using free health care and addiction treatment. The U.S., meanwhile, focused on drug busts and tough crime laws. Overdose deaths keep rising catastrophically.
Alaska targeted by drug traffickers seeking higher profits, authorities say
In two related cases indicted in federal court last month, more than a dozen people are accused of trafficking a total of about a 100 pounds of fentanyl and 25 pounds of meth within Alaska.
A grieving father helped develop a new Anchorage curriculum on the dangers of opioids
The curriculum teaches kids how addiction works and what it feels like to withdraw from opioids. It’s called “Kellsie’s Lesson.”
Opioid reversal drugs save lives in Alaska. But people often skip a crucial step
Even if people survive an overdose, they could have other urgent medical problems.
Smuggling cases point to need for better drug treatment in Alaska prisons, advocates say
With gaps in available treatment options, incarcerated people have been going to great lengths to avoid withdrawal.