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Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Chapter 579

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  579.068.  Trafficking drugs, second degree — penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of trafficking drugs in the second degree if, except as authorized by this chapter or chapter 195, such person knowingly possesses or has under his or her control, purchases or attempts to purchase, or brings into this state:

  (1)  More than thirty grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin;

  (2)  More than one hundred fifty grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed; cocaine salts and their optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers; ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers; or any compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of any of the foregoing substances;

  (3)  More than eight grams of a mixture or substance described in subdivision (2) of this subsection which contains cocaine base;

  (4)  More than five hundred milligrams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD);

  (5)  More than thirty grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP);

  (6)  More than four grams of phencyclidine;

  (7)  More than thirty kilograms of a mixture or substance containing marijuana;

  (8)  More than thirty grams of any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:  amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers and salts of its optical isomers; methamphetamine, its salts, optical isomers and salts of its optical isomers; phenmetrazine and its salts; or methylphenidate;

  (9)  More than thirty grams of any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; or

  (10)  More than ten milligrams of fentanyl or carfentanil, or any derivative thereof, or any combination thereof, or any compound, mixture, or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl or carfentanil, or their optical isomers or analogues.

  2.  The offense of trafficking drugs in the second degree is a class C felony.

  3.  The offense of trafficking drugs in the second degree is a class B felony if the quantity involved is:

  (1)  Ninety grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin; or

  (2)  Four hundred fifty grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed; cocaine salts and their optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers; ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers; or any compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of any of the foregoing substances; or

  (3)  Twenty-four grams or more of a mixture or substance described in subdivision (2) of this subsection which contains cocaine base; or

  (4)  One gram or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); or

  (5)  Ninety grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP); or

  (6)  Twelve grams or more of phencyclidine; or

  (7)  One hundred kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing marijuana; or

  (8)  More than five hundred marijuana plants; or

  (9)  Ninety grams or more but less than four hundred fifty grams of any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:  amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers and salts of its optical isomers; methamphetamine, its salts, optical isomers and salts of its optical isomers; phenmetrazine and its salts; or methylphenidate; or

  (10)  Ninety grams or more but less than four hundred fifty grams of any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; or

  (11)  Twenty milligrams or more of fentanyl or carfentanil, or any derivative thereof, or any combination thereof, or any compound, mixture, or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl or carfentanil, or their optical isomers or analogues.

  4.  The offense of trafficking drugs in the second degree is a class A felony if the quantity involved is four hundred fifty grams or more of any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains:

  (1)  Any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system:  amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers and salts of its optical isomers; methamphetamine, its salts, isomers and salts of its isomers; phenmetrazine and its salts; or methylphenidate; or

  (2)  Any quantity of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.

  5.  The offense of drug trafficking in the second degree is a class C felony for the first offense and a class B felony for any second or subsequent offense for the trafficking of less than one gram of flunitrazepam.

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(L. 1989 S.B. 215 & 58, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1147, et al., A.L. 2001 H.B. 471, A.L. 2012 S.B. 628, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2020 H.B. 1896)

Transferred 2014; formerly 195.223


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