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April 15th 10:49 am | Tiffany Hall, Recover Alaska
For a decade, Anchorage leaders, public health experts, advocates and philanthropists have worked to increase access to substance use disorder and acute behavioral health treatment. Now, that hard work is paying off in the form of a new, centrally located health care facility that will treat people seeking to recover from substance misuse and addiction and better their lives. Alaska has always had too few treatment beds to help people recover from substance use disorder. We have one of the highest binge-drinking rates in the country, and Alaska residents die from alcohol at a rate more than twice as high as the national average. Recent needs assessments show the state has a gap in its care continuum, something only exacerbated by recent state budget cuts. ....