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Alaska drug overdose deaths drop, though less dramatically than national plunge

Posted 1/23/26

Alaska had fewer overdose deaths in 2024 than in the year prior, and state health officials are working on ways to continue to reduce that total in the future. In all, 339 people died from drug overdoses in 2024 Alaska, a 5% decline from the record high of 357 hit the year before, according to […]

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