Section 11.71.021 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree(a) Except as authorized in AS 17.30, a person commits the crime of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree if the person (1) manufactures or delivers any amount of a schedule IA controlled substance or possesses any amount of a schedule IA controlled substance with intent to manufacture or deliver;(2) manufactures or delivers any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains (A) methamphetamine, or its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers; or(B) an immediate precursor of methamphetamine, or its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers;(3) possesses an immediate precursor of methamphetamine, or the salts, isomers, or salts of isomers of the immediate precursor of methamphetamine, with the intent to manufacture any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains methamphetamine, or its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers;(4) possesses a listed chemical with intent to manufacture any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains (A) methamphetamine, or its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers; or(B) an immediate precursor of methamphetamine, or its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers;(5) possesses methamphetamine in an organic solution with intent to extract from it methamphetamine, or its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers; or(6) under circumstances not proscribed under AS 11.71.010 (a)(2), delivers (A) an immediate precursor of methamphetamine, or the salts, isomers, or salts of isomers of the immediate precursor of methamphetamine, to another person with reckless disregard that the precursor will be used to manufacture any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains methamphetamine, or its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers; or(B) a listed chemical to another person with reckless disregard that the listed chemical will be used to manufacture any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains(i) methamphetamine, or its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers;(ii) an immediate precursor of methamphetamine, or its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers; or(iii) methamphetamine, or its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers in an organic solution.(b) In a prosecution under (a) of this section, possession of more than nine grams of the listed chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or the salts, isomers, or salts of isomers of those chemicals is prima facie evidence that the person intended to use the listed chemicals to manufacture, to aid or abet another person to manufacture, or to deliver to another person who intends to manufacture methamphetamine, its immediate precursors, or the salts, isomers, or salts of isomers of methamphetamine or its immediate precursors. The prima facie evidence described in this subsection does not apply to a person who possesses (1) the listed chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or the salts, isomers, or salts of isomers of those chemicals (A) and the listed chemical was dispensed to the person under a valid prescription; or(B) in the ordinary course of a legitimate business, or an employee of a legitimate business, as a(i) retailer or as a wholesaler;(ii) wholesale drug distributor licensed by the Board of Pharmacy;(iii) manufacturer of drug products licensed by the Board of Pharmacy;(iv) pharmacist licensed by the Board of Pharmacy; or(v) health care professional licensed by the state; or(2) less than 24 grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or the salts, isomers, or salts of isomers of those chemicals, kept in a locked storage area on the premises of a legitimate business or nonprofit organization operating a camp, lodge, school, day care center, treatment center, or other organized group activity, and the location or nature of the activity, or the age of the participants, makes it impractical for the participants in the activity to obtain medicinal products.(c) In this section, "listed chemical" means a chemical described under AS 11.71.200.(d) Misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree is a class A felony.Amended by SLA 2024, ch. 11,sec. 23, eff. 1/1/2025, app. to offenses committed on or after 1/1/2025.Amended by SLA 2024, ch. 11,sec. 22, eff. 1/1/2025, app. to offenses committed on or after 1/1/2025.Added by SLA 2019SP1, ch. 4,sec. 48, eff. 7/1/2019.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.