Alaska reports increase in drug-related overdoses
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Drugs by garyowen is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska has been experiencing a significant rise in drug overdoses beginning in March, with a sharp increase in heroin-related overdoses seen in the last week, health officials said.
According to Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Elana Habib said during a public information call that last week brought one of the worst spikes we’ve seen in several years across three different public health regions, mostly involving heroin.
The three regions with increases were Anchorage, Mat-Su, Southeast and the Gulf Coast region.
The health department is likely to issue a public health alert for potential users and health care providers regarding the increase.