Fighting the opioid epidemic

Talk of Alaska by Alaska Public Media

Aug 29, 202300:58:58News & Politics

The CDC reports nearly 110,000 Americans died in 2022 from overdoses. The highly lethal drug Fentanyl was the cause for the majority of the overdose deaths and is the top illicit opioid of concern. What’s the latest info...

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