Drug Sentencing Guidelines
Below is a general guideline of the sentences that a convicted defendant could face in federal court, based on the amounts involved, and New York largely follows the same guidelines:
Minimum of 10 Years and Maximum of $4 Million Fine
- Heroin : 1 kg. or more
- Cocaine: 5 kg. or more
- Crack Cocaine: 50 gm. or more
- Methamphetamine: 100 gm. or more
- PCP: 100 gm. or more
- LSD: 10 gm. or more
- Marijuana: 1,000 kg. or more
- N-Phenyl-N-propanamide: 400 gm. or more
Minimum of Five Years/Maximum of 40 Years and Maximum of $2 Million Fine
- Heroin: 100 999 gm.
- Cocaine: 500 4,999 gm.
- Crack Cocaine: 5-49 gm.
- PCP: 10-99 gm.
- Methamphetamine: 10-99 gm.
- LSD: 1-10 gm.
- Marijuana: 100-1,000 kg.
- N-Phenyl-N-propanamide: 40-399 gm.
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