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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §701, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1981, c. 436, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
4. "Written instrument" includes any token, coin, stamp,
seal, badge, trademark, credit card, absentee ballot application,
absentee ballot envelope, medical drug prescription form, other
evidence or symbol of value, right, privilege or identification,
and any paper, document or other written instrument containing
written or printed matter or its equivalent;

 
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1102, sub-§1, ¶I, as amended by PL 1995, c. 499, §2
and affected by §5, is further amended to read:

 
I. Unless listed or described in another schedule, all
narcotic drugs, including, but not limited to, the following
narcotic drugs or their salts, isomers or salts of isomers:
heroin (diacetylmorphine), methadone, methadone
hydrochloride, levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol, or LAAM,
pethidine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone,
fentanyl and opium. As used in this chapter, "heroin" means
any compound, mixture or preparation containing heroin;

 
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1102, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 499, §1,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §1103, sub-§3, ¶D, as amended by PL 1999, c. 422, §2,
is further amended to read:

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

 
(1) Any compound, mixture, substance or solution in a
liquid state that contains a detectable quantity of
lysergic acid diethylamide;

 
(2) Fifty or more squares, stamps, tablets or units of
any compound, mixture or substance containing a
detectable quantity of lysergic acid diethylamide; or

 
(3) Any quantity of any compound, mixture or substance
that, in the aggregate, contains 2,500 micrograms or
more of lysergic acid diethylamide; or

 
Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §1103, sub-§3, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 422, §3,
is amended to read:

 
E. Fourteen grams or more of methamphetamine.;


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