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Interior Aids Association: methadone clinic reports fentanyl is now predominant in local drug supply, continues contingency-based treatment
Summary
Interior Aids Association told the commission its methadone-based treatment remains the only local option offering methadone and that, since 2024, all applicants to the program have tested positive for fentanyl, underscoring the need for medication-assisted treatment and naloxone distribution.
Lindsay Grennan of the Interior Aids Association told the Health & Social Services Commission March 15 that the association's Interior Medication Assisted Treatment program is the only Fairbanks clinic in the borough offering methadone, and that staff have seen fentanyl become the predominant drug in the community's illicit supply. "Since 2024, all of the clients…
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