Alcohol & Substance Abuse

This arrest comes just a week after Adams was sentenced to time served, and what amounted to 10 years of probation for criminally negligent homicide connected to a 2013 fire that killed three people in the village of Nunam Iqua.

Since October 2011, the city-owned Kotzebue Package Store has been selling alcohol. Come October 4th, local voters will decide the fate of the store, when they’re asked if the city should ban alcohol sales all over again. Hans Nelson, resident of Kotzebue since 2009, says he led the alcohol ban solo from initial petition through…

A Juneau group fighting against heroin abuse helped throw the 5th Annual Capital Brewfest to spread its message and receive part of the proceeds. The organization’s participation raised questions on whether it was right.

More than 3,000 have been killed in the country’s new war on drugs. More than 700,000 have surrendered to police, fearing for their lives. Police say those who surrender and stay clean will be safe.

An analysis of insurance company payments, finds that emergency room visits and lab tests were responsible for much of the overall spending related to treatment and testing for opioid use.

It’s best known as a hallucinogenic club drug here in the U.S. But in many countries, ketamine has a more noble role.