2017 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 453 - Controlled Substances
NRS 453.339 - Trafficking in controlled substances: Marijuana or concentrated cannabis.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive, a person who knowingly or intentionally sells, manufactures, delivers or brings into this State or who is knowingly or intentionally in actual or constructive possession of marijuana or concentrated cannabis shall be punished, if the quantity involved:
(a) Is 50 pounds or more, but less than 1,000 pounds, of marijuana or 1 pound or more, but less than 20 pounds, of concentrated cannabis, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130 and by a fine of not more than $25,000.
(b) Is 1,000 pounds or more, but less than 5,000 pounds, of marijuana or 20 pounds or more, but less than 100 pounds, of concentrated cannabis, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years and by a fine of not more than $50,000.
(c) Is 5,000 pounds or more of marijuana or 100 pounds or more of concentrated cannabis, for a category A felony by imprisonment in the state prison:
(1) For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 5 years has been served; or
(2) For a definite term of 15 years, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 5 years has been served,
↪ and by a fine of not more than $200,000.
2. For the purposes of this section:
(a) “Marijuana” means all parts of any plant of the genus Cannabis, whether growing or not, except for industrial hemp, as defined in NRS 557.040, which is grown or cultivated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 557 of NRS. The term does not include concentrated cannabis.
(b) The weight of marijuana or concentrated cannabis is its weight when seized or as soon as practicable thereafter. If marijuana and concentrated cannabis are seized together, each must be weighed separately and treated as separate substances.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 287; A 1989, 661; 1995, 1288; 2015, 1974, 3089)
