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Possession, delivery or sale of one-half ounce or less is penalized by up to one year incarceration and a fine up to $2,500.
For delivery or sale of quantities over one-half ounce the penalty raises to 1 - 6 years in prison and a fine up to $5,000. Delivery or sale of 10 pounds or over is punishable by 2 - 12 years incarceration and a fine up to $5,000. For quantities of 70 pounds or more, the penalty raises to 8 - 30 years in prison and a fine up to $200,000. Delivery or sale of 300 pounds or more carries a sentence of 15 - 60 years imprisonment and a fine up to $500,000.
Any sale to a minor or any sale within 1,000 feet of a school raises the punishment classification one level.
Production of 10 - 19 plants is punishable by 2 - 12 years imprisonment and a fine up to $50,000. For production of 20 - 99 plants, the penalty raises to 3 - 15 years incarceration and a fine up to $100,000. For 100 - 499 plants the penalty raises to 8 - 30 years imprisonment and a fine up to $200,000. Production of 500 or more plants is punishable by 15 - 60 years imprisonment and a fine up to $500,000.
For all first convictions for misdemeanour narcotic violations, there is a mandatory minimum fine of $250. For second convictions, the mandatory minimum rises to $500 and for subsequent convictions, it rises to $1,000. For all fist convictions of felony narcotic violation there is a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000, increasing to $3,000 for second convictions and to $5,000 for any subsequent convictions.
The use or possession of paraphernalia is penalized by up to one year incarceration and a fine up to $2,500. Sale of paraphernalia carries a sentence of 1 - 6 years imprisonment and a fine up to $3,000.
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