JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker signed SB 23, a life-saving measure preventing opioid overdose in Alaska, into law this week. Sponsored by Senator Johnny Ellis of Anchorage and co-sponsored by 37 other legislators, the bill removes civil liabilities from doctors and trained bystanders who prescribe and administer naloxone, a drug intended to counteract the negative […]
JUNEAU – Monday SB 23, an act relating to immunity for providing or administering opioid overdose drugs which passed the Senate last session with a vote of 19 to 1, has now passed the House by a vote of 36 to 0. This legislation, sponsored by Senator Johnny Ellis (D-Anchorage), and co-sponsored by eight other […]
The acting U.S. Attorney with the Department of Justice, Kevin Feldis announced on Thursday that a Palmer man who sold heroin to 22-year-old Michael Chalender of Houston, that later caused his death, was named in a three-count Grand Jury indictment on Thursday. 26-year-old Hiram Luis Ducasse, Jr, originally from the Dominican Republic, was indicted on charges […]
Sean Warner, the man responsible for the overdose death of 14-year-old Jena Dolstad in December of 2011, has been sentenced in Federal Court for the distribution of heroin, it was announced today by U.S. District Attorney Karen Loeffler. It was December 22, 2011, that Warner and two acquaintances brought Dolstad to his residence, where through the night, he […]