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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-612" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Controlled Dangerous Substances and Paraphernalia">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not manufacture, distribute, dispense, or possess:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>50 pounds or more of cannabis;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>448 grams or more of cocaine;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>448 grams or more of any mixture containing a detectable amount, as scientifically measured using representative sampling methodology, of cocaine;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>448 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack”;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>28 grams or more of morphine or opium or any derivative, salt, isomer, or salt of an isomer of morphine or opium;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>28 grams or more of any mixture containing a detectable amount, as scientifically measured using representative sampling methodology, of morphine or opium or any derivative, salt, isomer, or salt of an isomer of morphine or opium;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>5 grams or more of fentanyl or any structural variation of fentanyl that is scheduled by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>28 grams or more of any mixture containing a detectable amount, as scientifically measured using representative sampling methodology, of fentanyl or any structural variation of fentanyl that is scheduled by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>1,000 dosage units or more of lysergic acid diethylamide;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>any mixture containing the equivalent of 1,000 dosage units of lysergic acid diethylamide;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>16 ounces or more of phencyclidine in liquid form;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>448 grams or more of any mixture containing a detectable amount, as scientifically measured using representative sampling methodology, of phencyclidine;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>448 grams or more of methamphetamine; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>448 grams or more of any mixture containing a detectable amount, as scientifically measured using representative sampling methodology, of methamphetamine.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For the purpose of determining the quantity of a controlled dangerous substance involved in individual acts of manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing under subsection (a) of this section, the acts may be aggregated if each of the acts occurred within a 90–day period.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 5 years and is subject to a fine not exceeding $100,000.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The court may not suspend any part of the mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Except as provided in § 4–305 of the Correctional Services Article, the person is not eligible for parole during the mandatory minimum sentence.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates subsection (a)(1) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $50,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
