Alaska’s rate of overdose deaths increased by about 75% last year, compared to 15% nationally. That’s as national overdose deaths reached an all-time high.
A new shipment of the overdose reversing drug naloxone arrived in Anchorage the last week of April. Test kits now have twice the amount to counteract the effects of fentanyl. The state’s health department recommends all Alaskans carry naloxone.
Alaska had the highest increase of drug overdose deaths in the nation last year, according to provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday.Jessica Filley, with the state’s health department and, says Alaska is now leading the nation because of the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
“It’s just been a slower process to get up here,” she said. “So I think what we saw happening on the East Coast in 2013 with this surge of fentanyl is just now hitting us up here.” Alaska’s rate of overdose deaths increased by 75.3% last year, compared to 15% nationally. That’s as national overdose deaths
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