Alaska Laws

JCOIN Drug Induced Homicide Specific

Question:

Does the state authorize the prosecution of accidental drug-related deaths as homicide?

Answer:
Yes
This answer is derived from 1 section of law
Citation:
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    (3) knowingly manufactures or delivers a controlled substance in violation of AS 11.71.010 — 11.71.030 or 11.71.040(a)(1) for schedule IVA controlled substances, and a person dies as a direct result of ingestion of the controlled substance; the death is a result that does not require a culpable mental state; in this paragraph, “ingestion” means voluntarily or involuntarily taking a substance into the body in any manner. see full law