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Alcohol & Substance Abuse

Sep 12 2017
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Alaska State Troopers Lt. Steve Adams shows how to use Narcat at a training Aug. 18 in Anchorage. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)

As demand for opioid remedy skyrockets, police train for overdose treatment with Naloxone

By | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Federal Government, Health, Public Safety, Southcentral, State Government

Naloxone — a medication that rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose — has long been used by emergency medics, but now it’s being deployed to police departments and non-profits at the front line of the state’s opioid crisis. Even with millions of new federal dollars being spent, the demand in outpacing the supply.

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Sep 03 2017
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Discarded needles at the Four A’s syringe exchange in Anchorage. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)

Syringe exchange struggles to keep up with demand

By | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Community, Health, Southcentral

The state’s main syringe exchange can’t keep up with demand for clean needles among injection drug users. The Alaska AIDS Assistance Association, or Four A’s, collects used syringes in its Anchorage office and gives out new supplies, primarily to people using heroin and other opioids.

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Aug 28 2017
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Commercial fishermen throughout the state, such as those in The Haines Portage Cove Harbor pictured here, received a letter warning of the dangers of opioids this summer. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS)

State Department of Public Safety reaches out to fishermen in effort to combat opioid abuse

By | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Crime & Courts, Fisheries, Southeast, State Government

Earlier this year, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker issued a disaster declaration to combat opioid abuse in the state. Since then, more time and resources have been dedicated to the issue. This summer, some of those efforts are aimed at getting the attention of the fishing community.

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