Prosecutors say the drug ring spanned 10 states including Alaska.
Alcohol & Substance Abuse
Ketchikan tribe’s business arm eyes ‘healing center’ to help with opioid crisis
It will be the first major project for the Ketchikan Tribal Business Corporation.
A new documentary will focus on Alaskans’ relationships with alcohol
“Earnest Drinker” will have interviews with experts, advocates and people in recovery.
Bartenders in Juneau say unpleasant — even violent — interactions with patrons are on the rise
What happened to Elrod may be be part of a broader trend in harassment toward service workers that may have started early in the pandemic.
Rise in fentanyl in Alaska prompts switch to stronger overdose reversal drug
The rise in fentanyl has prompted the state to start giving out a more powerful overdose-reversing medicine.
UAA to permanently expand master’s in social work program with $1.5M grant
The nonprofit Recover Alaska identified a chronic shortage of social workers as a key issue behind the state’s worst-in-the-nation status for alcohol-attributed deaths.
Is ‘rainbow fentanyl’ a threat to your kids this Halloween? Experts say no
The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning that drug dealers are marketing rainbow-colored fentanyl to kids. Many drug experts say that’s likely not happening.
White House grants $13 million to help combat Alaska’s opioid crisis
Fifteen Tribal organizations across the state were granted a total of $9 million. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services will be getting $4 million.
Public can weigh in on how Alaska should use millions of opioid settlement money
Council recommends investing settlement money so it can fund opioid abuse recovery efforts in perpetuity.
Her son died of an overdose in Anchorage. Now she’s pushing for city police to carry Narcan.
While many police departments across the state use Narcan, the Anchorage Police Department — the state’s largest law enforcement agency — does not.