Can Someone Please Explain This?

Published June 1, 2013

Question by cold21rm: Can someone please explain this?
Can someone explain what “unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, and unlawful possession of unscheduled drugs” means? The drug this person was caught with was cocaine, 100 grams, so why would one be a scheduled drug and one unscheduled? This crime was commited in Maine so it falls under their laws, but if anyone has an estimated sentence i would love to here it. Despite the fact that this person was caught about 2 years ago with 8 bags of heroine, i belive that they only got probation so i think this will be considered a first offence.

Best answer:

Answer by tonalc1
First of all, it won’t be a first offense. Even though they got probation, they were convicted of a crime.

Here’s a list of the “schedules” for drugs. http://www.addictions.org/schedules.html

From this list, it appears that anything not on Schedule 1 is considered unscheduled. NB–I am not any kind of legal expert!

Schedule I drugs have a high tendency for abuse and have no accepted medical use. This schedule includes drugs such as Marijuana, Heroin, Ecstasy, LSD, and GHB.

Schedule II drugs have a high tendency for abuse, may have an accepted medical use, and can produce dependency or addiction with chronic use. This schedule includes examples such as Cocaine, Opium, Morphine, Fentanyl, Amphetamines, and Methamphetamines.

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