WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) reminded Alaskans Tuesday of the approaching February 28th deadline for high school students across Alaska to participate in a public awareness campaign about the dangers of fentanyl in their community. The competition is part of the statewide “One Pill Can Kill – Alaska” public awareness campaign that Senator Sullivan launched in May of 2024. Since […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The leader of an Anchorage drug trafficking conspiracy was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison and five years’ supervised release for dealing fentanyl and methamphetamine in Anchorage. According to court documents, in 2022, Nigel Ivory, 29, of Anchorage, was released from prison after serving a federal sentence and began selling drugs […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A California drug supplier was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for his connection to the fatal fentanyl overdose of a Fairbanks man in October 2020. Junior Gafatasi Tulali, 48, was convicted by a federal jury of distributing fentanyl resulting in death with an enhanced statutory penalty on April 19, 2024. According […]
WHEREAS, fentanyl is a highly addictive synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. It is made legally and used pharmaceutically, but has also become a prevalent substance in counterfeit pills and is frequently added to other substances such as heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine; and WHEREAS, […]
