An individual who knowingly sells, purchases, manufactures, delivers, or brings into Florida, or is knowingly in precise or constructive possession of a certain quantity of medicine could be charged with drug trafficking. Many drug trafficking offenses are first-degree felonies, however sure quantities could be life felonies and instances involving the dying of one other individual could also be capital felonies.

Very similar to federal drug legal guidelines, Florida divides managed substances into 5 schedules with Schedule I having the best potential for abuse and Schedule V having the bottom. Many drug trafficking convictions contain obligatory minimal jail sentences along with heavy fines. The next obligatory minimal sentences apply for the accompanying drug costs:

• • Obligatory minimal three years in jail –

• • • 28 grams or extra however lower than 200 grams of cocaine – $50,000 effective
    • 10 grams or extra however lower than 200 grams of methamphetamine (meth), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy), or different amphetamines – $50,000 effective
    • 1 kilogram or extra however lower than 5 kilograms of gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) – $50,000 effective
    • 1 gram or extra however lower than 5 grams of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) – $50,000 effective
    • 25 kilos or extra however lower than 2,000 kilos of marijuana – $25,000 effective
    • 300 hashish vegetation or extra however lower than 2,000 hashish vegetation – $25,000 effective
    • 4 grams or extra however lower than 14 grams of Hydrocodone, oxycodone (OxyContin®, Percocet®), or comparable Schedule II opioids – $50,000 effective

• • Obligatory minimal seven years in jail –

• • • 200 grams or extra however lower than 400 grams of cocaine – $100,000 effective
    • 200 grams or extra however lower than 400 grams of methamphetamine (meth), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy), or different amphetamines – $100,000 effective
    • 5 kilograms or extra however lower than 10 kilograms of gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) – $100,000 effective
    • 5 grams or extra however lower than 7 grams of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) – $100,000 effective
    • 2,000 kilos or extra however lower than 10,000 kilos of marijuana – $50,000 effective
    • 2,000 hashish vegetation or extra however lower than 10,000 hashish vegetation – $50,000 effective

• • Obligatory minimal 15 years in jail –

• • • 400 grams or extra however lower than 150 kilograms of cocaine – $250,000 effective
    • 400 grams or extra of methamphetamine (meth), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy), or different amphetamines – $250,000 effective
    • 10 kilograms or extra of gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) – $250,000 effective
    • 7 grams or extra of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) – $500,000 effective
    • 25 kilos or extra however lower than 10,000 kilos of marijuana – $200,000 effective
    • 300 hashish vegetation or extra however lower than 2,000 hashish vegetation – $200,000 effective
    • 14 grams or extra however lower than 28 grams of Hydrocodone, oxycodone (OxyContin®, Percocet®), or comparable Schedule II opioids – $100,000 effective

• • Obligatory minimal 25 years in jail –

• • 28 grams or extra however lower than 30 kilograms of Hydrocodone, oxycodone (Buy oxycontin in Sweden®, Percocet®), or comparable Schedule II opioids – $500,000 effective

Any drug trafficking cost is extraordinarily severe, however there are a number of methods by which an alleged offender can keep away from a compulsory minimal sentence. Offering data to the prosecuting legal professional may end up in a considerable help or security valve provision that reduces an individual’s sentence, however constitutional rights violations like unlawful search and seizure or different police errors could end result within the costs being dismissed altogether.