“We won’t countenance public servants violating their duties by trafficking in narcotics,” said U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler.
Alcohol & Substance Abuse
Should the state subsidize a beer festival?
“I don’t see why the state would want to forward fund a festival built around consumption of alcohol,” said Jeff Jessee, CEO of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority.
States Require Opioid Prescribers to Check for ‘Doctor Shopping’
In the face of a drug overdose epidemic that killed more than 28,000 people in 2014, a handful of states are insisting that health professionals do a little research before they write another prescription for highly addictive drugs like Percocet, Vicodin and OxyContin.
Dillingham woman charged with forging checks, stealing $3,540 from grandmother
Police believe this is another example of the elderly being ripped off for drug money.
Bethel alcohol sales spill over into nearby villages
In Akiak, Tribal Police Officer Cynthia Ivan has been keeping a call log to compare how alcohol sales in Bethel have increased the amount of emergency calls in her village.
Synthetic Drugs Send States Scrambling
In small doses, flakka elicits euphoria. But just a little too much sends body temperatures rocketing to 105 degrees, causing a sense of delirium that often leads users to strip down and flee from paranoid hallucinations as their innards, quite literally, melt.