The federal Drug Enforcement Administration invited Alaskans at this week’s Elders and Youth Conference in Anchorage to share ideas for preventing drug trafficking and overdose deaths in the state.
Marcus Pickett, a community outreach specialist for the DEA, helped run the workshop on Monday and shared information about the risk of addiction and death from fentanyl.
“Drug traffickers and drug dealers don’t care what happens to you and your families,” he said after sharing stories about how overdose deaths have affected him and his family. “They just want to make money.”…