Last month Juneau’s Four A’s exchanged more than 3,000 syringes. Due to federal funding cuts, they may close their doors.
Alcohol & Substance Abuse
New Trooper report shows Alaska drug problem worsening
Troopers point to collaboration with partners as its principal means for combating a growing demand with diminished resources for policing.
Teen Xanax abuse is surging
Teen drug use during the summer often goes unnoticed. It’s when school starts and students nod off in class, exchange pills in the hallways and fail tests that the truth becomes apparent.
New report shows fatal opioid overdoses still on rise in Alaska
Researchers looked at data related to abuse of prescription painkillers, as well as heroin and the synthetic opioid Fentanyl. The number of fatal overdoses increased for the fifth year in a row.
Surgeon General says preventing addiction requires looking at larger community problems
Surgeon General Jerome Adams spoke at the Alaska Prevention Summit panel in Palmer, as part of a larger Alaska tour talking about solutions to the opioid epidemic. Adams told Glenn Massay Theater crowd Tuesday that he sees some progress in combating the epidemic.
Whittier police arrest two men with 33-pound bag of meth
Charging documents say that police found a backpack filled with meth, as well as $8,000 cash in a briefcase.