Mike Dunleavy on Drugs

	Mike Dunleavy on Drugs

Increase penalty for fentanyl deaths from 20 to 99 years

I'll be introducing legislation that declares war on those who are recklessly dealing fentanyl and fentanyl-laced drugs in our communities. I'll introduce legislation to increase the penalty for a dealer who sells poison that results in the death of anyone. Right now this act can only be charged as manslaughter with a maximum sentence of just 20 years. Under my legislation, we'll increase this penalty to second-degree murder with a sentence of up to 99 years. These people deserve nothing less. Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Alaska legislature , Jan 23, 2023

Marijuana is legal, but regulate it very heavily

Unveiled a plan to eliminate the state's Marijuana Control Board and give the state's commerce commissioner the authority to regulate the cannabis industry. (2019)
Appointed an activist who opposed cannabis retail sales in Fairbanks to the state's Marijuana Control Board. (2019)
Said he does not support altering the state's retail cannabis tax rate. (2018)

Source: Cannabis Voter Project report on 2020 candidates , Jul 2, 2019

More enforcement but also more drug treatment

We will provide the focus & the resources necessary to combat the scourge of opiates and other illicit drugs driving up our crime rates and ruining lives: additional State Troopers, and more prosecutors.

For those Alaskans who have made a mistake and have gotten involved with opiates or other drugs and want help, we are a compassionate people. Therefore, as part of our public safety approach we will provide ways for you to break this habit and get back into society and be productive individuals.

Source: 2019 State of the State address to the Alaska legislature , Jan 22, 2019

Comprehensive approach including prosecution & interdiction

Public safety, I think, has got to be job No. 1 for this next administration, my administration. Even if that solution takes a generation, like Mothers Against Drunk Driving did.

Our statistics are terrible. It's affecting a lot of Alaskans. It's impacting many businesses. I don't think there's an Alaskan that's either not been impacted by crime or knows somebody that's not been impacted by crime. So we're going to have to increase our trooper numbers. Prosecuting attorneys, we have to have the right number of prosecuting attorneys. We have to have the courts opened on Fridays. We have to have a comprehensive approach to dealing with this issue, including dealing with the opioid issues, the heroin issue and making sure that we're working closely with the federal government to prosecute and interdict drugs coming into the state.

Source: Anchorage Daily News on 2018 Alaska gubernatorial race , Aug 16, 2018

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