 State agencies in Alaska had misappropriated funds generated by a one million acre (4,000 km²) land trust, granted specifically for generating funds to operate the state's mental health program.From 1998 to 2004, he was a member of the Alaska Mental Health Board (AMHB), where he served as committee chair for the program evaluation and budget committees.In June, 2006, in a case that Gottstein argued before the Alaska Supreme Court, Myers v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute, the court ruled that Alaska's forced drugging procedures were unconstitutional.