Richard, like many states Alaska is experiencing a drug addiction to opioids of a "epidemic" proportion. It was very enlightening to watch a special on "ground zero" for the opioid crisis. Too bad it was not recognized by the drug companies who were selling and shipping the "legal" drugs in such a gigantic amount to a tiny little town in the South. They had to know what was going on but they ignored it. I wish someone would do a huge class action suit against the drug companies that were involved and use the billions of dollars from a settlement to give to states for opioid treatment. Ground zero sold and shipped the drugs all over the US. 
As for now, several billion not connected to the ACA has been set aside and is being sent to states for drug treatment programs. If Alaska uses the successful rural model that Project Echo at UNM is doing, we would have a chance for a high succsess. But money can't be handed out to treatment programs who are using ineffective treatment now.