According to preliminary data from the Alaska Division of Health and Social Services, six out of every 10 drug overdose deaths in Alaska last year involved fentanyl. It’s been called an explosion of the dangerous drug on Alaska’s streets.
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“He wasn’t able to participate in the things he loved anymore and our whole family struggled to help him for several years,” she said. Late last summer there was a breakthrough. Snodgrass said her son was accepted into a treatment program and graduated clean and sober. She described the transition as “huge.”But not long after, Bruce went for a ride on his mountain bike and never came back. His body was found two days later behind a grocery store.
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