The charges stem from federal and state investigators searching Neese’s home in December of 2019.
Alcohol & Substance Abuse
Ketchikan will join a national $26B opioid settlement, but officials say the money won’t go far
Municipalities across the country have until Jan. 2 to join the settlement.
Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have topped 100,000 for the first time
Experts blame the continuing surge on the spread of more dangerous street drugs and on disruptions to drug treatment programs caused by the pandemic.
The Ketchikan City Council is looking for ideas to address the community’s rise in overdoses
Ketchikan’s fire department says overdose calls more than quadrupled in the first seven months of this year compared to the same time last year.
Over the last 4 years, 74 people living outside in Anchorage have died, many of hypothermia
ADN reporter Michelle Theriault Boots says the deaths have gone mostly unnoticed by Anchorage residents in recent years.
Alaska overdoses and deaths rise as global pandemic overshadows state opioid epidemic
Alaska had 146 opioid overdose deaths last year, the most ever reported.