Federal Law

Schedule Drugs

1. Heroin, mescaline and peyote, marijuana, other hallucinogens, MDMA (ecstasy).
2. Opium, morphine, codeine, methadone, cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine.
3. Opium; codeine; morphine; barbiturates; other narcotics, stimulants and depressants, GHB, LSD.
4. Barbiturates; benzodiazepines; chloral hydrate; other narcotics, stimulants and depressants, anabolic steroids.
5. Codeine; other narcotics and depressants.

Possession of Schedule Drugs

Schedule I:

• 1st offense: 10 yrs.-life, 10 yrs. minimum; if death or serious injury, 20 yr. minimum; up to $4 million fine individual, $10 million other than individual
• 2nd offense: 20 yrs.- life, 20 yr. minimum; if death or serious injury, not less than life; up to $8 million fine - individual, $20 million other than individual.

Schedule II:

• 1st offense: 5 - 40 yrs., 5 yrs. minimum; if death or serious injury, 20 yr. minimum; up to $2 million fine individual, $5 million other than individual
• 2nd offense: 10 yrs.- life, 10 yr. minimum; if death or serious injury, not less than life; up to $4 million fine individual, $10 million other than individual.

Schedule III:

• 1st offense: 0 - 5 yrs.; up to $250,000 fine individual, $1 million other than individual.
• 2nd offense: 0 - 10 yrs.; up to $500,000 fine individual, $2 million other than individual.

Schedule IV:

• 1st offense: 0 - 3 yrs.; up to $250,000 fine individual, $1 million other than individual.
• 2nd offense: 0 - 6 yrs.; up to $500,000 fine individual, $2 million other than individual.

Schedule V:

• 1st offense: 0 - 1 yr.; up to $100,000 fine individual, $250,000 fine other than individual.
• 2nd offense: 0 - 2 yrs.; up to $200,000 fine individual, $500,000 other than individual.