Governor, lawmakers find common ground on one issue: Alaska’s heroin epidemic

It’s only the third day of the 2017 legislative session, but already the dialogue in Juneau has been dominated by the state’s budget problem — a $3 billion shortfall, according to Gov. Bill Walker.
Lawmakers and the governor may not agree on how to fix the state’s finances, but there is one issue they say they’re coming together on this year — figuring out how to curb the growing trend of heroin and prescription drug abuse in Alaska.
According to the Departmen