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Although Rainforest Recovery Center will limit the number of patients for now, providers say the need in and outside the community is growing. 

Patients in recovery come from throughout Southeast Alaska and all over the state, making travel a concern as COVID-19 health restrictions tightened in March.

A $2.5 million expansion of Bartlett Regional Hospital would go toward a 4,000-square-foot addition to house the Rainforest Recovery Center. It would take pressure off of the emergency room.

Three local substance abuse treatment specialists talk about the problem and treatment options available in Alaska’s First City.

The executive director of the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council said inconsistent access to behavioral health care contributes to the state’s high suicide level.

A Juneau group fighting against heroin abuse helped throw the 5th Annual Capital Brewfest to spread its message and receive part of the proceeds. The organization’s participation raised questions on whether it was right.

Because of the knife, the responding officers had their guns drawn. No one was injured in the incident.

Even with the governor’s budget cuts, the Department of Health & Social Services will still be getting extra money substance abuse treatment pilot programs and children’s services.

Commentator Alva Noë reflects on Maia Szalavitz’s new book presenting the view that addiction is a learning disorder.

Robert Meireis had a tough life that included a history of violence, years in prison, even tattoos tying him to white supremacist groups. That he met a violent end in a double murder discovered last month in West Juneau wasn’t necessarily a surprise to some people who knew him.