Canada’s marijuana consumption highest in Northern cities, stats show
With the legalization of marijuana only two months away, new Statistics Canada data shows urban northerners smoke pot more frequently
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Alaska prosecutors make case for rebuilding amid soaring caseloads
Legislators in Juneau are hearing some hard numbers this week on how difficult things have gotten for state prosecutors. Alaska
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It’s not just heroin killing Alaskans: Meth deaths here are up four-fold
A 17-year-old dead from a meth overdose at a Palmer party. Protesters in Utqiaġvik – formerly Barrow – marching and
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Alaska’s heroin problem brings together state, local and federal leaders in search of a solution
BETHEL — Alaska’s heroin problem is significant, growing and, authorities say, in need of attention from all quarters to get under
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Alaska’s perspective on heroin addiction
PALMER – Kim Whitaker took the story of her anguish over her daughter’s ongoing battle with heroin addiction straight to
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Study from Arctic Canada finds cannabis users less obese, less at risk for diabetes
Forget the Funyuns and drop the Doritos. New research out of Arctic Canada suggests that marijuana users, for some yet-to-be-understood
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Alaska councilman gets death threat for campaigning against heroin use
BETHEL — A Bethel City Council member trying to put attention on the destructiveness of heroin in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
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Statistics show downward trend in Alaska drug arrests
Arrest totals in Alaska appear to be going down. A study by the Alaska Justice Center shows that trend holds
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Pot raids in Canada’s Arctic and Montreal net 1,000 plants, 22 kgs
Police in Quebec and Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut say they’ve busted up a major pot-smuggling operation. More than
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Arctic police seize pot in Kaktovik, Alaska
North Slope Borough police and postal service inspectors seized nearly a pound of marijuana Tuesday, which was being shipped from
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