‘A little hope’: Residents of Mayo, Yukon, hope to forge path forward through drug crisis
People in Mayo, Yukon, say they came out of a town hall meeting Monday night with some hope and faith
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Town hall meeting called in Mayo, Yukon, to talk about drug crisis
The mayor of Mayo, Yukon, has called a town hall meeting for Monday evening to talk about drugs and violence in
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Biden’s fentanyl position draws support from Alaska’s chief medical officer
President Joe Biden’s calls in his State of the Union speech for strong criminal penalties in response to soaring deaths
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Operation uncovers flood of painkillers reaching rural Alaska by mail
An operation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies has turned up a previously undocumented drug problem spread
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Northern Canada: new funds to help fight opioid addiction in Northwest Territories
The federal and Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) governments are teaming up to make it easier for people to access opioid addictions
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No opioid crisis in Canada’s eastern Arctic
Fentanyl has made it to Nunavut, but officials say that unlike the rest of Canada, it’s nowhere near a crisis.
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Alaska’s drug problem worsening as police resources strained
On Wednesday, the State Troopers put out their most recent data on illegal drugs trafficking through Alaska. The annual drug
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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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