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220.18 – Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree

§ 220.18 Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second
degree.

A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in
the second degree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses:

1. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances
containing a narcotic drug and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or
substances are of an aggregate weight of four ounces or more; or

2. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances
containing methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of isomers and
said preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate
weight of two ounces or more; or

3. a stimulant and said stimulant weighs ten grams or more; or

4. lysergic acid diethylamide and said lysergic acid diethylamide
weighs twenty-five milligrams or more; or

5. a hallucinogen and said hallucinogen weighs six hundred twenty-five
milligrams or more; or

6. a hallucinogenic substance and said hallucinogenic substance weighs
twenty-five grams or more; or

7. methadone and said methadone weighs two thousand eight hundred
eighty milligrams or more.

Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree is
a class A-II felony.

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