Cultivation Charges In Florida

Cultivation, grow house and hydroponic offenses are often included in drug manufacturing statutes that criminalize the preparation of any soil or hydroponic medium for the planting of a controlled substance, the tending, and care of a controlled substance, or the harvesting of a controlled substance. These substances are criminalized by virtue of their listing in “schedules” created at both the state and federal levels. Some commonly criminalized substances involving cultivation include cannabis, hashish, opium and coca, among other scheduled substances. Both federal and Florida law include heavy fines and severe criminal penalties, including potential mandatory/minimum sentences of up to 25 years and maximum potential sentences of up to life. Mr. Petruzzi has represented numerous individuals charged with, or under investigation for, cultivation, grow house or hydroponic offenses by both federal and state authorities. His experience and knowledge in all types of drug charges serve as an invaluable asset to his clients.

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Federal drug cultivation, grow house or hydroponic operations offenses are investigated and prosecuted by various agencies, including the FBI, DEA, and the Department of Justice. Some common federal statutes criminalizing these offenses include:

21 USC Sec. 841 –

(a) Unlawful acts except as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally: (1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance; or (2) to create, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute or dispense, a counterfeit substance.

893.147 Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, or advertisement of drug paraphernalia.—

(1) Use or possession of drug paraphernalia: It is unlawful for any person to use, or to possess with intent to use, drug paraphernalia:

(a) To plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, or conceal a controlled substance in violation of this chapter

(b) To inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of this chapter.

(2) Manufacture or delivery of drug paraphernalia.: It is unlawful for any person to deliver, possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture with intent to deliver drug paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used:

(a) To plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, or conceal a controlled substance in violation of this act

(b) To inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of this act.

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