What happened to Anchorage’s Spice epidemic?

When spice first emerged it was a brand for synthetic chemicals purporting to replicate the effects of marijuana. (Public Domain photo courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps)
A year ago, Anchorage was facing a public health emergency from the synthetic drug known as Spice. From July until November in 2015, ambulances were bringing an average of seven patients to area hospitals every day.
A new paper published by the Centers for Disease Control looks at what happened, and why the spice outbreak has no