Sec. 11.71.300. Penalties under other laws.
A penalty imposed for violation of this chapter is in addition to, and not in place of, any other civil or administrative penalty or sanction otherwise authorized by law.
Sec. 11.71.305. Rehabilitation.
A person convicted of violating a provision of this chapter may, when the violation relates to that person’s own personal use of a controlled substance, be committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for rehabilitative treatment for not to exceed one year. Such treatment may be imposed in place of a fine or […]
Sec. 11.71.311. Restriction on prosecution for certain persons in connection with a drug overdose.
(a) A person may not be prosecuted for a violation of AS 11.71.040(a)(3), (4), or (12), 11.71.050(a)(4) or (5), or 11.71.060(a)(1) or (2) if that person (1) sought, in good faith, medical or law enforcement assistance for another person who the person reasonably believed was experiencing a drug overdose and (A) the evidence supporting the […]
Sec. 11.71.320. Excluded defenses.
(a) In a prosecution for the possession of a schedule IA, IIA, IIIA, IVA, or VA controlled substance under this chapter, it is not a defense that the substance was possessed in less than a usable quantity. It is sufficient to support a conviction that there is a sufficient quantity of the substance to permit […]
Sec. 11.71.330. Liability of public servants.
No liability is imposed by this chapter upon a public servant acting within the scope and authority of the public servant’s employment.
Sec. 11.71.340. Offenses defined by amounts.
Whenever a provision of this chapter defining an offense requires a determination of an amount, it is not a defense to the lowest class of offense established by the evidence that the amount in question was equal to or larger than the amount which would make the offense a higher class of offense, and a […]
Sec. 11.71.350. Burden of proof.
It is not necessary for the state to negate an exemption or exception provided for in this chapter in a complaint, information, indictment, or other pleading or at a trial, hearing, or other proceeding under this chapter or AS 17.30. The defendant has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence any exemption […]
Sec. 11.71.360. Unprivileged communications.
Information communicated to a physician or other licensed practitioner in an effort to unlawfully procure a controlled substance or to unlawfully procure the administration of a controlled substance is not a privileged communication.