2023 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act
Article IV - Offenses and Penalties
Section 21-28-4.01.2. - Certain quantities of controlled substances.
§ 21-28-4.01.2. Certain quantities of controlled substances.
(a) Except as authorized by the chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, manufacture, sell, or deliver the following enumerated quantities of certain controlled substances:
(1) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin;
(2) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of:
(i) Coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed;
(ii) Cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers;
(iii) Ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers; or
(iv) Any compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of any of the substances referred to in paragraphs (i) — (iii) of this subdivision;
(3) More than ten grams (10 gs.) of phencyclidine (PCP) or more than one thousand (1,000) tablets of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP);
(4) More than one gram (1 g.) of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); or more than one thousand (1,000) tablets of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD);
(5) More than five kilograms (5 kgs.) of a mixture containing a detectable amount of marijuana;
(6) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of synthetic drugs; or
(7) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl or its analogs, including, but not limited to: N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylacetamide, its optical, positional, and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers (acetyl fentanyl); N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylfuran-2carboxamide (furanyl fentanyl); and N-Phenethyl-4-piperidinone (4-AN-PP); or
(8) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of carfentanil; or
(9) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of 3,4-methyl-enedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), its optical, positional, and geometric isomers, salts, and salts of isomers; or
(10) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers; or
(11) More than one kilogram (1 kg.) of methamphetamine, its salts, and salts of its isomers.
(b) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction, may be imprisoned for a term up to life and fined not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000).
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 337, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 296, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 345, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 346, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 81, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 90, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 103, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 114, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 286, § 2, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 287, § 2, effective July 9, 2021.
