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G.__A person violates section 1103 or 1106, and, at the time
of the offense, the person trafficks in or furnishes
methamphetamine in a quantity of 100 grams or more.

 
Sec. 7. 17-A MRSA §1106, sub-§3, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 924,
§12, is amended to read:

 
C. Two grams or more of heroin; or

 
Sec. 8. 17-A MRSA §1106, sub-§3, ¶D, as amended by PL 1991, c. 548, Pt.
A, §11, is further amended to read:

 
D. Lysergic acid diethylamide in any of the following
quantities or concentrations:

 
(1) Not less than 25 squares, stamps, tablets or units
of any compound, mixture or substance containing a
detectable quantity of lysergic acid diethylamide; or

 
(2) Any quantity of any compound, mixture or substance
that, in the aggregate, contains not less than 1,250
micrograms of lysergic acid diethylamide.; or

 
Sec. 9. 17-A MRSA §1106, sub-§3, ¶E is enacted to read:

 
E.__Seven grams or more of methamphetamine.

 
Sec. 10. 17-A MRSA §1107, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 1995,
c. 635, §6, is amended to read:

 
2. Violation of this section is:

 
A. A Class C crime if the drug is:

 
(1) Heroin (diacetylmorphine); or

 
(2) Cocaine in the form of cocaine base and at the
time of the offense the person has been convicted of
any offense under this chapter or under any law of the
United States, another state or a foreign country
relating to scheduled drugs, as defined in this
chapter. For the purposes of this paragraph, a person
has been convicted of an offense on the date the
judgment of conviction was entered by the court; or

 
(3)__Methamphetamine;

 
B. A Class D crime if the drug is:

 
(1) A schedule W drug other than:


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