Gorospe and Smith P.L.L.C.

DRUG CHARGES

1. Possession of CDS

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled dangerous substance unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order from a practitioner, while acting in the course of his professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by this act.

2. Possession of CDS With the Intent to Distribute

Except as authorized by the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act is shall be unlawful for any person:

1. To distribute, dispense, transport with intent to distribute or dispense, possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled dangerous substance or to solicit the use of or use the services of a person less than eighteen (18) years of age to cultivate, distribute or dispense a controlled dangerous substance;

2. To create, distribute, transport with intent to distribute or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute, a counterfeit controlled dangerous substance; or

3. To distribute any imitation controlled substance as defined by Section 2-101 of this title, except when authorized by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services

3. Drug Trafficking

A. The provisions of the Trafficking in Illegal Drugs Act shall apply to persons convicted of violations with respect to the following substances:

1. Marihuana ;

2. Cocaine or coca leaves;

3. Heroin ;

4. Amphetamine or methamphetamine ;

5. Lysergic acid diethylamide ( LSD );

6. Phencyclidine ( PCP );

7. Cocaine base , commonly known as "crack" or "rock"; or

8. 3,4-Methylenedioxy methamphetamine, commonly known as "ecstasy" or MDMA.

4. Possession of CDS With the Intent to Distribute

Except as authorized by the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act is shall be unlawful for any person:

1. To distribute, dispense, transport with intent to distribute or dispense, possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled dangerous substance or to solicit the use of or use the services of a person less than eighteen (18) years of age to cultivate, distribute or dispense a controlled dangerous substance;

2. To create, distribute, transport with intent to distribute or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute, a counterfeit controlled dangerous substance; or

3. To distribute any imitation controlled substance as defined by Section 2-101 of this title, except when authorized by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

5. Obtaining CDS by Fraud

No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain any preparation excepted from the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act pursuant to Section 2-313 of this title in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of paragraph 1 of subsection B of Section 2-313 of this title, or a controlled dangerous substance or procure or attempt to procure the administration of a controlled dangerous substance:

1. By fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge;

2. By the forgery of, alteration of, adding any information to or changing any information on a prescription or of any written order;

3. By the concealment of a material fact; or

4. By the use of a false name or the giving of a false address.

B. Except as authorized by this act, a person shall not manufacture, create, deliver, or possess with intent to manufacture, create, or deliver or possess a prescription form, an original prescription form, or a counterfeit prescription form. This shall not apply to the legitimate manufacture or delivery of prescription forms, or a person acting as an authorized agent of the practitioner.

C. Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully to procure a controlled dangerous substance, or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug, shall not be deemed a privileged communication.

Manufacturing

Except as authorized by the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or attempt to manufacture any controlled dangerous substance or possess any substance listed in Section 2-322 of this title or any substance containing any detectable amount of pseudoephedrine or its salts, optical isomers or salts of optical isomers, iodine or its salts, optical isomers or salts of optical isomers, hydriodic acid, sodium metal, lithium metal, anhydrous ammonia, phosphorus, or organic solvents with the intent to use that substance to manufacture a controlled dangerous substance

Aggravated Manufacturing

Any person violating the provisions of this subsection with respect to the unlawful manufacturing or attempting to unlawfully manufacture any controlled dangerous substance in the following amounts:

a. one (1) kilogram or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin,

b. five (5) kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of:

(1) coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed,

(2) cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers,

(3) ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, or

(4) any compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of any of the substances referred to in divisions (1) through (3) of this subparagraph,

c. fifty (50) grams or more of a mixture or substance described in division (2) of subparagraph b of this paragraph which contains cocaine base,

d. one hundred (100) grams or more of phencyclidine (PCP) or 1 kilogram or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP),

e. ten (10) grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD),

f. four hundred (400) grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-pheylethy)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide or 100 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of any analogue of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide,

g. one thousand (1,000) kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marihuana or one thousand (1000) or more marihuana plants regardless of weight, or

h. fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers or 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers,

upon conviction, is guilty of aggravated manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than twenty (20) years nor more than life and by a fine of not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), which shall be in addition to other punishment provided by law and shall not be imposed in lieu of other punishment. Any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this paragraph shall be required to serve a minimum of eighty-five percent (85%) of the sentence received prior to becoming eligible for state correctional earned credits towards the completion of the sentence or eligible for parole.

Possession of a Precursor Substance

A. It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly and unlawfully possess a drug product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine, or their salts, isomers or salts of isomers with intent to use the product as a precursor to manufacture methamphetamine or another controlled substance.

B. Except as provided in this subsection, possession of a drug product containing more than nine (9) grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine, or their salts, isomers or salts of isomers shall constitute a rebuttable presumption of the intent to use the product as a precursor to methamphetamine or another controlled substance. The rebuttable presumption established by this subsection shall not apply to the following persons who are lawfully possessing drug products in the course of legitimate business:

1. A retail distributor of drug products or wholesaler;

2. A wholesale drug distributor, or its agents, licensed by the Board of Pharmacy;

3. A manufacturer of drug products, or its agents, licensed by the Board of Pharmacy;

4. A pharmacist licensed by the Board of Pharmacy; and

5. A licensed healthcare professional possessing the drug products in the course of carrying out his profession.

C. A violation of this section shall be a felony punishable as provided for in subsection G of Section 2-401 of this title.

D. Any wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor of drug products containing pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine, or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers shall obtain a registration annually from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. Any such wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor shall keep complete records of all transactions involving such drug products including the names of all parties involved in the transaction and amount of the drug products involved. The records shall be kept readily retrievable and separate from all other invoices or records of transactions not involving such drug products, and shall be maintained for not less than three (3) years.

E. As used in this section:

1. "Manufacturer" means any person within this state who produces, compounds, packages, or in any manner initially prepares for sale or use any drug product described in subsection D of this section, or any such person in another state if they cause the products to be compounded, packaged, or transported into this state;

2. "Wholesaler" means any person within this state or another state, other than a manufacturer, who sells, transfers, or in any manner furnishes a drug product described in subsection A of this section to any other person in this state for the purpose of being resold;

3. "Distributor" means any person within this state or another state, other than a manufacturer or wholesaler, who sells, delivers, transfers, or in any manner furnishes a drug product described in subsection A of this section to any person who is not the ultimate user or consumer of the product; and

4. "Readily retrievable" means available for inspection without prior notice at the registration address if that address is within the State of Oklahoma. If the registration address is in a state other than Oklahoma, it means records must be furnished within three (3) working days by courier, facsimile, mail or electronic mail.

F. Any substances possessed without a registration as provided in subsection D of this section shall be subject to forfeiture upon conviction for a violation of this section.

G. In addition to any administrative penalties provided by law, any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by a fine only in an amount not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

 

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