Former colleague says ‘frequent fliers’ requested refills of opioid prescriptions from nurse practitioner over Facebook

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – On Monday morning, an Anchorage jury heard allegations surrounding eight people who were said to have been prescribed vast amounts of opioids by a nurse practitioner.

Missing from the list of more than a half-dozen people was Courtney Jones, a 22-year-old who died in 2015 after police said she had been using opioids that Kris Kile, a nurse practitioner, was accused by police of giving to Jones.

Kile previously faced manslaughter charges in the death of Jones, but those charges were dismissed when key evidence was destroyed by Anchorage police and labs, according to online records…

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