A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act by increasing the minimum criminal penalties for any person employing or using persons under 18 years of age in drug operations.

Summary

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to: (1) increase to three years (currently, one year) the minimum term of imprisonment for any person who employs a person under 18 years of age in violation of such Act and who has a prior conviction for the same offense; (2) add a minimum term of imprisonment of two years for any person who provides or distributes a controlled substance to an underage person; and (3) provide a minimum term of imprisonment of five years for any person who provides or distributes a controlled substance to an underage person after a prior conviction for the same offense has become final.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 21 October 1988

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