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Florida Mandatory Drug Sentences

FLORIDA MINIMUM MANDATORY DRUG SENTENCES

If you are arrested for drug trafficking, mandatory minimum sentencing laws remove discretion from judges. They cannot take into account factors like your record of community service, the impact of the punishment on your family, or how an untreated substance abuse problem might have driven you to violate the law.

Instead, the law mandates that judges impose a one-size-fits-all punishment.

Furthermore, when we think of drug trafficking, most people envision cartels moving truckloads of illicit substances into the United States for distribution through nationwide criminal networks.

But the law has grown more punitive as the war on drugs has progressed. It has reached the point where if police found you with only four grams of an illegal opioid—one teaspoon!—you could face three years in prison and a $50,000 fine for drug trafficking.

Orlando Criminal Defense Lawyer

Jerry Jenkins, Orlando Criminal Defense Attorney

While it’s hard to equate someone in possession of a teaspoon of heroin with our perceptions of a drug trafficker, that’s what Florida’s laws do. Consequently, you don’t want to take your chances when you face trafficking charges, whether at the state or federal level. You want to call our criminal defense lawyers right away so that we can get to work protecting you from strict drug laws that could put you in prison for decades and saddle you with fines you can never hope to pay off—especially with a criminal record that could make finding a good job extremely difficult.

Here is a list of Florida’s mandatory minimums for drug crimes:

Mandatory Minimum Sentences 
Based on Amount of Controlled Substance 

HYDROCODONE

Minimum Sentence

Amount of Controlled Substance

Minimum Fine

Life

30 kilograms and above

$750,000

25 Years

300 grams or more, less than 30 kilograms

$750,000

15 Years

100 grams or more, less than 300 grams

$500,000

7 Years


50 grams or more, less than 100 grams


$100,000

3 Years

28 grams or more, less than 50 grams

$50,000

OXYCODONE

Life

30 kilograms and above

$750,000

25 Years

100 grams or more, less than 30 kilograms

$750,000

15 Years

25 grams or more, less than 100 grams

$500,000

7 Years

14 grams or more, less than 25 grams

$100,000

3 Years

7 to 14 grams Oxycodone

$50,000

FENTANYL

25 Years

28 grams or more

$500,000

20 Years

14 grams or more, less than 28 grams

$100,000

7 Years

4 grams or more, less than 14 grams

$50,000

PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP)

15 Years

400 grams or more

$250,000

7 Years

200 grams or more, less than 400 grams

$100,000

3 years

28 grams or more, less than 200 grams

$50,000

15 Years

10,000 pounds/plants of Cannabis

$200,000

OPIATES: HYDROMORPHONE, MORPHINE, OPIUM, HERION, ETC.

25 Years

28 grams or more

$500,000

15 Years

14 grams or more, less than 28 grams

$100,000

3 Years

4 grams or more, less than 14 grams

$50,000

COCAINE

Life

150 kilograms or more

$250,000

15 Years

400 grams or more, less than 150 kilos

$250,000

7 Years

200 grams or more, less than 400 grams

$100,000

3 Years

28 grams or more, less than 200 grams

$50,000

METHAQUALONE (Quaalude)

15 Years

25 kilograms or more

$250,000

7 Years

5 kilograms or more, less than 25 kilos

$100,000

3 Years

14 grams or more, less than 5 kilos

$50,000

AMPHETAMINE, METHAMPHETAMINE, PHENYLACETONE

15 Years

200 grams or more

$250,000

7 Years

28 grams or more, less than 200 grams

$100,000

3 Years

14 grams or more, less than 28 grams

$50,000

FLUNITRAZEPAM (ROHYPNOL)

Life

30 kilograms or more

$500,000

25 Years

28 grams or more, less than 30 kilos

$500,000

7 Years

14 grams or more, less than 28 grams

$100,000

3 Years

4 grams or more, less than 14 grams

$50,000

GHB; GBL; 1,4-BUTANEDIOL

15 Years

10 kilograms or more

$250,000

7 Years

5 kilos or more, less than 10 kilos

$100,000

3 Years

1 kilo or more, less than 5 kilos

$50,000

PHENETHYLAMINES (MDMA)

15 Years

400 grams or more

$250,000

7 Years

200 grams or more, less than 400 grams

$100,000

3 Years

10 grams or more, less than 200 grams

$50,000

LSD

15 Years

7 grams or more

$500,000

7 Years

5 grams or more, less than 7 grams

$100,000

3 Years

1 gram or more, less than 5 grams

$50,000

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS (K2)

25 Years

30 kilograms or more

$750,000

15 Years

1 kilo or more, less than 30 kilos

$200,000

7 Years

500 grams or more, less than 1 kilo

$100,000

3 Years

280 grams or more, less than 500 grams

$50,000

CANNABIS / MARIJUANA

15 Years

10,000 pounds or more, or 

10,000 plants or more

$200,000

7 Years

2,000 lbs. or more, less than 10,000 lbs.; or 

2,000 plants or more, less than 10,000 plants

$50,000

3 Years

25 lbs. or more, less than 2,000 lbs.; or 

300 plants or more, less than 2,000 plants

$25,000

b-benzyl PHENETHYLAMINES

15 Years

200 grams or more

$500,000

7 Years

100 grams or more, less than 200 grams

$100,000

3 Years

14 grams or more, less than 100 grams

$50,000

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