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.
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:
- Hydrocodone
- Oxycodone
- Fentanyl
- Phencyclidine
- Opiates
- Cocaine
- Methaqualone (Quaalude)
- Amphetamine, Methamphetamine
- Flunitrazepam
- GHB, GBL, Butanediol
- Phenethylamines (MDMA)
- LSD
- Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2)
- Cannabis / Marijuana
- B-Benzyl Phenethylamines
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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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. |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
