Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 47.37.010 (2026)
Declaration of policy
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Sec. 47.37.010. Declaration of policy.
It is the policy of the state to recognize, appreciate, and reinforce the example set by its citizens who lead, believe in, and support a life of sobriety. It is also the policy of the state that alcoholics and intoxicated persons should not be criminally prosecuted for their consumption of alcoholic beverages and that they should be afforded a continuum of treatment that can introduce them to, and help them learn, new life skills and social skills that would be useful to them in attaining and maintaining normal lives as productive members of society.
It is the policy of the state to recognize, appreciate, and reinforce the example set by its citizens who lead, believe in, and support a life of sobriety. It is also the policy of the state that alcoholics and intoxicated persons should not be criminally prosecuted for their consumption of alcoholic beverages and that they should be afforded a continuum of treatment that can introduce them to, and help them learn, new life skills and social skills that would be useful to them in attaining and maintaining normal lives as productive members of society.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1975–1987 · leading case: Matter of SD, Jr., 549 P.2d 1190 (Alaska 1976).
Matter of SD, Jr., 549 P.2d 1190 (Alaska 1976). “parent has been hospitalized for reasons of mental illness diagnosed as permanent or of long duration; or (D) each parent, or the surviving parent, or one parent if the other has been judidicially deprived of custody and visitation rights, has demonstrated by his conduct, proven…”
Walton v. State, 568 P.2d 981 (Alaska 1977). “Walton’s final contention is that the trial court was clearly mistaken in making its one year sentence for escape consecutive to the sentence for assault with a dangerous weapon.”
Busby v. Mun. of Anchorage, 741 P.2d 230 (Alaska 1987). “36 (1969) on treatment of problem drinkers and alcoholics); AS 47.37.010. 6 In addition, accepting as true Busby’s assertions 7 that *234 he was a person incapacitated by alcohol in a public place, he was clearly a member of the protected class and his accident was of the type…”
Peter v. State, 531 P.2d 1263 (Alaska 1975). “The declaration of policy set forth in AS 47.37.010, quoted supra, appears to be in direct response to the 1969 resolution.”
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