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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11356.5

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Article 1: Offenses Involving Controlled Substances Formerly Classified as Narcotics, California Health and Safety Code.

Full text of Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11356.5

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11356.5Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
(a) Any person convicted of a violation of Section 11351, 11352, 11379.5, or 11379.6 insofar as the latter section relates to phencyclidine or any of its analogs which is specified in paragraph (21), (22), or (23) of subdivision (d) of Section 11054 or in paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 11055, who, as part of the transaction for which he or she was convicted, has induced another to violate Section 11351, 11352, 11379.5, or 11379.6 insofar as the latter section relates to phencyclidine or its analogs, shall be punished as follows: (1) By an additional one year in prison if the value of the controlled substance involved in the transaction for which the person was convicted exceeds five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). (2) By an additional two years in prison if the value of the controlled substance involved in the transaction for which the person was convicted exceeds two million dollars ($2,000,000). (3) By an additional three years in prison if the value of the controlled substance involved in the transaction for which the person was convicted exceeds five million dollars ($5,000,000). (b) For purposes of this section, “value of the controlled substance” means the retail price to the user.

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