In two related cases indicted in federal court last month, more than a dozen people are accused of trafficking a total of about a 100 pounds of fentanyl and 25 pounds of meth within Alaska.
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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.
US death toll from drug overdoses is rising fast among Black and Indigenous people
Drug overdoses are killing more people than ever in the U.S., and a new CDC report finds growing racial disparities among those who have died — with the largest increase among Black Americans.