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A contest to increase opioid overdose awareness in Montgomery County features videos that are a “gut punch” look into the lives of high school and middle school students. The theme running like a raw nerve through many of the 600 student videos submitted to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office “Speak Up, Save A Life” […]
Safer drug use supplies distributed in 4A’s mobile needle exchange in Anchorage and the Mat-Su Borough. Needle exchanges have helped reduce deaths from the opioid epidemic. (Rachel Cassandra/Alaska Public Media) When she admits a patient for detox treatment, one of the first things Katie Schneider does is administer a detailed drug test. “We have a […]