A cultural program adapts Alaska Native village traditions to an urban setting to help youth tap into their culture to improve health outcomes and decrease rates of addiction.
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Gov. Dunleavy speaks out as fentanyl crisis intensifies in Alaska
Nearly 250 Alaskans died of drug overdoses last year. Six of every ten drug overdoses in Alaska involved fentanyl.
A week after a fatal police shooting, a community searches for answers
Juneau police named James Esbenshade as the officer who shot and killed Kelly Michael Stephens.
Addiction treatment community reacts to new clinic in Juneau
The new clinic is different in a few ways. It’s a for-profit company and it doesn’t currently offer in-house counseling — and that has some in providers in the community worried.
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.
Sitka Counseling fights opioid crisis with treatment, prevention
The organization serves 350 unique clients every year, anywhere between 40 and 60 of whom travel from out of town.
Wave of addiction costs is hitting Alaska’s health care system
Like much of the country, Alaska is seeing a surge in opioid and heroin addiction. State officials are scrambling to deal with an expanding list of the consequences.
Debate continues over treating opioid addiction with opioids
“In randomized trial after randomized trial, people randomized to counseling plus buprenorphine or buprenorphine or Suboxone by itself do equally as well in terms of their recovery,” said family physician Steve Martin. He was speaking to a group of primary care providers at a conference.
Surgeon General Murthy wants America to face up to addiction
More people struggle with alcohol or drugs than have cancer, and 1 in 5 Americans binge drink. It all costs the nation $420 billion a year. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says we know how to help.
Opioid Bill Reframes Addiction As A Health Problem, Not A Crime
The Senate bill, an amalgam of more than a dozen proposals, will expand access to medication-assisted treatment. It also will encourage police to send drug users to treatment rather than to jail.