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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Hannah Harris Green in Anchorage

Looming federal cuts could devastate Alaska’s fight against overdose deaths

Woman with purple sweater standing in a garden
Sandy Snodgrass has become an outspoken advocate about overdose prevention after losing her son, Bruce Snodgrass, to fentanyl poisoning in 2021. Photograph: Ash Adams/The Guardian

The Trump administration’s proposed cuts in federal funding for law enforcement and public health agencies could have a devastating impact on Alaska, which a Guardian analysis found has struggled to curtail overdose deaths even amid a general decline in national overdose fatalities.

Law enforcement and public health experts are sounding the alarm as the Trump administration has prioritized waging its “war on drugs” outside US shores, including with a controversial bombing campaign of fishing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

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