Addressing the committee regarding funding support.
03/07/2018
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The rate of overdose deaths attributed to opioids has increased and, in many cases, has greatly exceeded the national average.
Alaska may be a rural state, but we are not shielded from this epidemic. . . . Opioid abuse in Alaska is devastating our communities through...
Last year, Alaska Governor Bill Walker issued a State Disaster Declaration to address the growing opioid epidemic in Alaska.
Our prescription opioid pain reliever overdose death was more than double the national average.