Sen. Ellis

OPINION: The cultivation of hemp won't solve Alaska's fiscal crisis, but it will open opportunities for Alaska farmers in a long-established market -- and it has nothing to do with marijuana.

OPINION: Heroin is killing Alaskans at alarming rates, and unless we do something, the problem will only get worse. One proven tool is wider access to the lifesaving drug Narcan.

Eight of our residents have died in the parks and on the streets of our largest community. Do we need any more evidence that out-of-control substance-abuse addictions are literally killing our state? This is a quiet crisis no longer.