Heroin overdoses spike in Anchorage

The Anchorage Fire Department reports a dramatic increase in the number of suspected heroin overdoses in the first two weeks of May.
Assistant Fire Chief Erich Scheunemann said the department is using a lot more of the life-saving drug Naloxone to revive people who have nearly died.
According to Scheunemann, November of 2016 was the month last year when paramedics used the drug the most for suspected heroin overdoses. That number was 17. But, in just the first two weeks of May of this year, Sche