(a) Except as authorized by the chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, manufacture, sell, or deliver the following enumerated quantities of certain controlled substances: (1) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin; (2) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of: (i) Coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed; (ii) Cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers; (iii) Ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers; or (iv) Any compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of any of the substances referred to in paragraphs (i) — (iii) of this subdivision; (3) More than ten grams (10 gs.) of phencyclidine (PCP) or more than one thousand (1,000) tablets of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP); (4) More than one gram (1 g.) of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); or more than one thousand (1,000) d (1,000) tablets of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP); (4) More than one gram (1 g.) of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); or more than one thousand (1,000) tablets of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); (5) More than five kilograms (5 kgs.) of a mixture containing a detectable amount of marijuana; (6) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of synthetic drugs; or (7) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl or its analogs, including, but not limited to: N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylacetamide, its optical, positional, and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers (acetyl fentanyl); N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylfuran-2carboxamide (furanyl fentanyl); and N-Phenethyl-4-piperidinone (4-AN-PP); or (8) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of carfentanil; or (9) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of 3,4-methyl-enedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), its optical, positional, and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers; ng a detectable amount of carfentanil; or (9) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of 3,4-methyl-enedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), its optical, positional, and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers; or (10) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers; or (11) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of methamphetamine, its salts, and salts of its isomers. (b) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction, may be imprisoned for a term up to life and fined not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000). History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 337, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 296, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 345, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 346, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 81, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 90, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 103, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 114, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 286, § 2, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 287, § 2, effective July 9, 2021.
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