(A) No person shall knowingly obtain, possess or use a controlled substance or an analog of a controlled substance. Possession, use, or distribution of illegal drugs is prohibited by federal law. There are strict penalties for drug convictions, including mandatory prison sentences for many crimes. The following information, while not complete, is an overview of federal penalties for first convictions.
All penalties are doubled for any subsequent drug convictions. (A) Unless otherwise provided in division (C) (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this section, aggravated possession of drugs is a fifth degree felony, and division (B) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code applies to determine whether a prison sentence is imposed on the offender. B) If the offender knows or has reason to know that the compound, mixture, preparation or substance that is the drug involved contains a compound related to fentanyl, the offender is guilty of possession of a compound related to fentanyl and shall be punished under division (C) (1) of this section. B) If the amount of the drug involved is equal to or greater than the total amount, but is less than five times the total amount, drug possession is a fourth-degree felony, and division (C) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code applies to determine whether a prison sentence should be imposed on the offender.
(viii) Qualified person means a person who is not under community control or post-release control and is a person acting in good faith who seeks or obtains medical assistance for another person who is suffering a drug overdose, a person who is suffering a drug overdose and who seeks medical assistance for that overdose, or a person who is the subject of another person seeking or obtaining medical assistance for that overdose as described in division (B) (b) of this section. B) If the amount of the drug involved is equal to or greater than ten unit doses, but is less than fifty unit doses or is equal to or greater than one gram but is less than five grams, possession of heroin is a fourth degree felony, and division (C) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code applies to determine whether to impose a prison sentence for the offender. B) If the amount of the drug involved is equal to or greater than ten unit doses, but is less than fifty unit doses or is equal to or greater than one gram but is less than five grams, possession of a fentanyl-related compound is a fourth-degree felony, and division (C) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code is applies in determining whether a prison sentence is imposed on the offender. (F) If the amount of the drug involved is equal to or greater than fifty grams, possession of a controlled substance analogue is a first-degree felony, the offender is a serious drug offender, and the court shall impose as mandatory imprisonment a maximum sentence of first degree mandatory imprisonment.
Following a statewide vote in November, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other addictive drugs. (C) If the amount of the drug involved is equal to or greater than twenty grams, but is less than thirty grams, possession of a controlled substance analog is a third-degree felony, and there is a presumption of imprisonment for the offense. E) If the amount of the drug involved is equal to or greater than two hundred fifty grams, but is less than one thousand grams of hashish in solid form or equal to or greater than fifty grams, but is less than two hundred grams of hashish in the form of liquid concentrate, liquid extract or liquid distillate, possession of hashish is a third party felony degree, and it is presumed that a prison sentence will be imposed for the offense. E) If the amount of the drug involved is equal to or greater than five hundred unit doses but is less than one thousand unit doses or equal to or greater than fifty grams but is less than one hundred grams, possession of heroin is a first-degree felony, and the court shall impose as mandatory imprisonment a first degree imprisonment sentence mandatory.
F) If the amount of the drug involved is equal to or greater than one thousand grams, but is less than two thousand grams of hashish in solid form or equal to or greater than two hundred grams, but is less than four hundred grams of hashish in the form of a liquid concentrate, liquid extract or liquid distillate, possession of hashish is a felony of second degree, and the court shall impose as mandatory imprisonment a second-degree felony a mandatory prison sentence of five, six, seven or eight years. That afternoon, a punished Von Dohlen announced to the committee that he was willing to remove the clause criminalizing possession of prescription drugs outside their original packaging, and would also reduce the penalty for possession without a prescription to no more than six months. (D) If the amount of the drug involved is equal to or greater than fifty times the total amount, but is less than one hundred times the total amount, aggravated possession of drugs is a felony of the first degree, and the court shall impose as mandatory imprisonment a mandatory sentence of imprisonment of the first degree. (B) If the amount of the drug involved is equal to or greater than ten grams, but is less than twenty grams, possession of a controlled substance analog is a fourth-degree felony, and there is a presumption of imprisonment for the offense.
While the penalties for possession are generally not as great as for the manufacture and distribution of drugs, possession of a relatively large quantity can be considered distribution. . .
