[dropcap]T[/dropcap]roopers out of Wasilla responded to Riverside Drive on Tuesday after receiving a call reporting a man slumped over and not waking up in a running SUV, AST reports. When they arrived at the scene, troopers managed to gain entry into the vehicle and found the driver, identified as 44-year-old Nicholas Johnson, unconscious and unresponsive. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Alaska National Guardsmen from the Counterdrug Support Program traveled to Galena, Alaska, May 31, to disseminate Narcan kits and other drug and alcohol education and prevention materials to local residents. The AKNG CDSP partnered with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Division of Public Health under Project Hope to […]
ANCHORAGE — Some heroin-containing drugs recently being distributed in Alaska have significant amounts of fentanyl, increasing the risk of overdose and death. The state medical examiner has confirmed that three individuals who recently died of overdose in Anchorage have tested positive for fentanyl and other substances including heroin and morphine. The Alaska Department of Health […]