CHART 3 SANCTIONS
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UNDER NEBRASKA LAW FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ILLICIT DRUGS PENALTY FOR "SIMPLE" POSSESSION PENALTY FOR MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, DELIVERY, DISPENSATION, POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE, DELIVER OR DISPENSE NLT 1 YR - NMT 20 YRS or $25,000 fine or both NLT 1 YR - NMT 50 YRS NLT 3 YRS - NMT 50 YRS NLT 5 YRS - NMT 50 YRS NMT 5 YRS or $10,000 fine or both NLT 1 YR - NMT 50 YRS NLT 3 YRS - NMT 50 YRS NLT 5 YRS - NMT 50 YRS NLT 20 YRS maximum; life prison NMT 5 YRS or $10,000 fine or both NLT 1 YR - NMT 50 YRS NLT 3 YRS - NMT 50 YRS NLT 5 YRS - NMT 50 YRS NLT 20 YRS maximum: life prison NMT 5 YRS or $10,000 fine or both NMT 5 YRS or $10,000 fine or both NMT 5 YRS or $10,000 fine or both NMT 5 YRS or $10,000 fine or both NLT 1 YR - NMT 50 YRS NLT 1 YR - NMT 20 YRS or $25,000 fine or both NLT 1 YR - NMT 20 YRS or $25,000 fine or both NLT 1 YR - NMT 50 YRS
DRUG
QUANTITY
Methamphetamine "Speed" Schedule" II (c)
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any detectable amount (a.d.a. ) - LT 3.5 oz. 3.5 oz.-LT 7 oz. 7 oz.-LT 16 oz. 16 oz. or more
NMT 5 YRS or $10,000 fine or both
Heroin I (b) (11)
Cocaine or Cocaine Base ("crack cocaine")
II (a) (4)
a.d.a LT 28 grams 28-99 grams 100-499 grams 500 grams or more a.d.a.-LT 10 grams 10-27 grams 28-139 grams 140 grams or more a.d.a. a.d.a. a.d.a. a.d.a.
Phencyclidine "PCP, angel dust" II (d) (4) Lysergic Acid Diethylamide "LSD" I (c) (9) Fentanyl "China White" II (b) (5) "Exceptionally Hazardous Drugs"": Narcotics such as Opium, Morphine, Codeine, Amobarbital, Secobarbital, Pentobarbital, or Salvia Divinorum, II (a) (1) (vii) , (xiii) ; (d) (1 ) - (3) ; I (c) (34) Schedule I, II, or III drugs not classified as exceptionally hazardous e.g. Mescaline, Peyote, Psilocybin, I (c) (11) - (13) ; Any controlled substance classified in Schedule IV or V such as Pentazocine, brand name "Talwin", or Buprenorphine
a.d.a.
NMT 5 YRS or $10,000 fine or both NMT 5 YRS or $10,000 fine or both
NLT 1 YR - NMT 20 YRS or $25,006 fine or both NMT 5 YRS or $10,000 fine or both
a.d.a.
See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-416 (Reissue 2008) .
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All references are to the controlled substances schedules enumerated in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-405 (Reissue 2008). "Exceptionally hazardous drug" is defined by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-401 (28) (Reissue 2008). Revised 03/2009
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