Assembly acts on Spice, speeding and screens

Mayor Ethan Berkowitz poses with students after a unanimous vote to restore the Youth Commission. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, KSKA)
The Anchorage Assembly passed a measure giving law enforcement more options combating the synthetic drug spice. First responders and city officials have called the months-long outbreak “unsustainable,” but few believe the measure is a silver bullet.
Anchorage already passed a measures to combat Spice in 2014–aimed at getting shops to selling it