Drug Sentencing Schedule
California Penal Code Drug Felony Sentencing Schedule
In California, all drug-related charges fall under the Health & Safety Code sections of the law.
| Health & Safety Code Section | Description of Crime | Term in Years and Months |
| 1390 | Willful violation of health care services provisions | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 1621.5 | Donation of blood, organs, tissue, or semen by a person knowing he or she has AIDS | 2 years, 4 years, 6 years |
| 1709 | Failure to comply with regulations governing cancer clinics with two previous convictions | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 1715 | General violation of a cancer research chapter | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 7051 | Unlawful removal of human remains, use for sale or to dissect | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 7052 | Unlawful removal or mutilation of human remains | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 7052 | Unlawful removal, mutilation, sexual penetration of human remains | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 8101 | Vandalism of a cemetery or a mortuary | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 10690 | Willful making of a false birth certificate | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11100 | Transferring a controlled substance without reporting or filing a false report with a previous conviction | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11100.1 | Failing to report receipt of a controlled substance with a previous conviction | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11104 | Transfer of substances with knowledge of intent to manufacture a controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11104(a) | Transfer of substance with knowledge of intent to manufacture a controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11105 | Knowingly making a false statement on a report of drug activity | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11105 | Violation of section with a previous conviction | 2 years, 3 years, 4 years |
| 11106 | Transferring a controlled substance without a permit | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11153 | Issuing a prescription to an addict or habitual user of a controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11153.5 | A wholesaler knowingly furnishing a controlled substance not for medical purposes | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11162.5 | Counterfeiting an official prescription blank | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11350(a) | Possession of a controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11351 | Possession of a controlled substance for sale | 2 years, 3 years, 4 years |
| 11352(a) | The sale or transportation of a controlled substance | 3 years, 4 years, 5 years |
| 11353 | An adult inducing a minor’s involvement with a controlled substance | 3 years, 6 years, 9 years |
| 11353.5 | Sale by an adult to a minor of a controlled substance at a school or a public playground | 5 years, 7 years, 9 years |
| 11354 | Minor inducing another minor’s involvement with a controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11355 | Selling and/or furnishing a substance which is falsely represented to be a controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11358 | Cultivating, harvesting, and/or processing marijuana | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11359 | Possession of marijuana for sale | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11360(a) | The sale or transportation of marijuana | 2 years, 3 years, 4 years |
| 11361(a) | An adult involving a minor under 14 years of age with marijuana | 3 years, 5 years, 7 years |
| 11361(b) | An adult involving a minor 14 years of age or over with marijuana | 3 years, 4 years, 5 years |
| 11363 | Cultivating, harvesting and/or processing peyote | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11364.7(b) | Manufacturing drug paraphernalia | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11366 | Maintaining a place for selling and/or using a controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11366.5(a) | Managing a place for manufacture, storage and/or the distribution of a controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11366.5 | Violation of Health & Safety Code Section 11366.5(a) with a prior conviction | 2 years, 3 years, 4 years |
| 11366.7 | The sale of chemical, drug or lap equipment for unlawful use | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11368 | Forgery or the alteration of prescription for any narcotic drug | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11370.1 | Possession of a controlled substance while in possession of a loaded firearm | 2 years, 3 years, 4 years |
| 11370.9 | Receiving, transferring, investing, or the managing of funds over $25,000 derived from controlled substance offenses | 2 years, 3 years, 4 years |
| 11371.1 | To violate and/or induce a minor to violate controlled substance laws | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11375(b)(1) | Possession for sale of a designated controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11378.5 | Possession of PCP with intent to sell | 3 years, 4 years, 5 years |
| 11379.6(a) | Manufacturing a controlled substance | 3 years, 4 years, 5 years |
| 11382 | Selling or furnishing a substance falsely represented to be a controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11383(a) | Possession of materials with intent to manufacture methamphetamine | 2 years, 4 years, 6 years |
| 11383(b) | Possession of materials with intent to manufacture PCP | 2 years, 4 years, 6 years |
| 11383(f) | Possession of immediate precursors with intent to manufacture methamphetamine | 2 years, 4 years, 6 years |
| 11390 | Possession of mushrooms as a controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11391 | Sale or transportation of mushrooms as a controlled substance | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 11550(e) | Under the influence of a controlled substance while in possession of a loaded firearm | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 12305 | Unlawful possession of an explosive | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 25189.5(b) | Knowingly disposing of hazardous waste at an unauthorized site | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 25189.5(d) | Treatment or storage of hazardous waste at an unauthorized facility | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 25190 | Violation of hazardous waste disposal with a previous conviction | 1 year 4 months, 1 year 8 months, 2 years |
| 103800 | Willful filing of a false birth certificate | 1 year 4 months, 2 years, 3 years |
| 118340(a) | Unauthorized treatment, transport, storage, and/or disposal of medical waste with a previous conviction | 1 year, 2 years, 3 years |
| 118340(d) | Knowing of unauthorized treatment or disposal of medical waste | 1 year, 2 years, 3 years |
| 120291(a) | Willfully infecting another person with HIV by engaging in unprotected sex | 3 years, 5 years, 8 years |
