Summit emphasizes how people in recovery are fighting Alaska’s opioid epidemic

Panelists get ready to address the crowd at the Recovery Summit at the Glenn Massay Theater in Palmer. (Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media)Support groups from Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough met on Friday to discuss addiction in Alaska.
The Recovery Summit was held in Palmer and addressed efforts that had been made over the past year to improve the state’s opioid epidemic.
Inside an auditorium filled with people whose lives have been touched by addiction, the state’s Chie