“We absolutely do feel safer,” one plant manager said about having overdose prevention resources on hand.
Alcohol & Substance Abuse
Juneau police seized nearly 10K pills believed to contain fentanyl in a string of busts this week
Fentanyl is behind a 71% increase in drug overdose deaths in Alaska from 2020 to 2021. More than 250 Alaskans died from a drug overdose last year.
Alaska has the fastest rising rate of overdose deaths in the country, CDC says
The state’s health department recommends all Alaskans carry naloxone, a drug that can rapidly reverse an overdose.
Overdose deaths continued to rise in 2021, reaching historic highs
New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that synthetic opioid use is driving the overdose crisis in the U.S.
Alaska is fighting a surge in fentanyl deaths with stronger overdose kits
Nearly 300 Alaskans died of opioid overdoses last year, and most of those deaths involved fentanyl.
Ketchikan advocates call for local, state and federal action to address opioid crisis
Statewide, officials say nearly 60% of fatal drug overdoses involved fentanyl.