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Drug Law in Indiana IC 35-48-4-6.1
Possession of Methamphetamine
Sec. 6.1. (a) A person who, without a valid prescription or order of a practitioner
acting in the course of the practitioner's professional practice, knowingly or
intentionally possesses methamphetamine (pure or adulterated) commits
possession of methamphetamine, a Class D felony, except as provided in
subsection (b).
(b) The offense is:
(1) a Class C felony if:
(A) the amount of the drug involved (pure or adulterated) weighs three (3)
grams or more; or
(B) the person was also in possession of a firearm (as defined in IC 35-47-1-5);
(2) a Class B felony if the person in possession of the methamphetamine
possesses less than three (3) grams of pure or adulterated
methamphetamine:
(A) on a school bus; or
(B) in, on, or within one thousand (1,000) feet of:
(i) school property;
(ii) a public park;
(iii) a family housing complex; or
(iv) a youth program center; and
(3) a Class A felony if the person possesses the methamphetamine in an
amount (pure or adulterated) weighing at least three (3) grams:
(A) on a school bus; or
(B) in, on, or within one thousand (1,000) feet of:
(i) school property;
(ii) a public park;
(iii) a family housing complex; or
(iv) a youth program center.
As added by P.L.151-2006, SEC.25.