Alaska plans new task force to address heroin, opioids

The state is convening a new task force to try and tackle the high rates of heroin use, prescription opioid abuse and related deaths in Alaska.
Graphic courtesy of CDC.The 20-member Alaska Opioid Policy Task Force is charged with coming up with recommendations on policy changes that could help address heroin and opioid abuse and deaths around the state.
The state Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and other partners announced the new group Wednesday. The board’s executive director