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Cannabis Penalties
 
Not in Florida, see NORML's state by state cannabis law guide.
Possession:
Weight: Incarceration: Fine: Charge:
20g or less 0 to 1 year 1 $0 to $1,000 misdemeanor
over 20g under 25lbs 0 to 5 years 1 $0 to $5,000 felony


Cultivation:

Plants: Incarceration: Fine: Charge:
up to 300 plants 0 to 5 years 1 $0 to $5,000 felony
300 to 2,000 3 to 30 years 2 felony


Sale:

Weight: Incarceration: Fine: Charge:
up to 25 lbs 0 to 5 years 1 $0 to $5,000 felony


Trafficking:

Weight: Incarceration: Fine: Charge:
50 to 2,000 lbs 0 to 30 years 1 $25,000 1st degree felony3
2,000 to 10,000 lbs 0 to 30 years 1 $50,000 1st degree felony3
10,000 lbs or more 15 to 30 year 2 $2,000,000 1st degree felony3


* Any of these offenses could result in Federal charges, where sentencing guidelines and rules of procedure are different.

1 Incarceration rates beginning with 0 have no mandatory minimum and allows for sentencing discretion of any time within the listed range
2 The first number listed is the mandatory minimum sentence
3 Any felony offense can also result in property forfeiture and loss of civil rights.

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This site was last updated 11/15/09