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    SELLING DRUGS
          475.752 Prohibited acts generally; penalties; affirmative defense for certain peyote uses; causing death by Schedule IV substance. (1) Except as authorized by ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.752 to 475.980, it is unlawful for any person to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance. Any person who violates this subsection with respect to:
          (a) A controlled substance in Schedule I, is guilty of a Class A felony, except as otherwise provided in ORS 475.860.
          (b) A controlled substance in Schedule II, is guilty of a Class B felony, except as otherwise provided in ORS 475.878, 475.880, 475.882, 475.888, 475.890, 475.892, 475.904 and 475.906.
          (c) A controlled substance in Schedule III, is guilty of a Class C felony, except as otherwise provided in ORS 475.904 and 475.906.
          (d) A controlled substance in Schedule IV, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
          (e) A controlled substance in Schedule V, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
          (2) Except as authorized in ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.752 to 475.980, it is unlawful for any person to create or deliver a counterfeit substance. Any person who violates this subsection with respect to:
          (a) A counterfeit substance in Schedule I, is guilty of a Class A felony.
          (b) A counterfeit substance in Schedule II, is guilty of a Class B felony.
          (c) A counterfeit substance in Schedule III, is guilty of a Class C felony.
          (d) A counterfeit substance in Schedule IV, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
          (e) A counterfeit substance in Schedule V, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
          (3) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled substance unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription or order of a practitioner while acting in the course of professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.752 to 475.980. Any person who violates this subsection with respect to:
          (a) A controlled substance in Schedule I, is guilty of a Class B felony, except as otherwise provided in ORS 475.864.
          (b) A controlled substance in Schedule II, is guilty of a Class C felony.
          (c) A controlled substance in Schedule III, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
          (d) A controlled substance in Schedule IV, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
          (e) A controlled substance in Schedule V, is guilty of a violation.
          (4) In any prosecution under this section for manufacture, possession or delivery of that plant of the genus Lophophora commonly known as peyote, it is an affirmative defense that the peyote is being used or is intended for use:
          (a) In connection with the good faith practice of a religious belief;
          (b) As directly associated with a religious practice; and
          (c) In a manner that is not dangerous to the health of the user or others who are in the proximity of the user.
          (5) The affirmative defense created in subsection (4) of this section is not available to any person who has possessed or delivered the peyote while incarcerated in a correctional facility in this state.
          (6)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a person who manufactures or delivers a controlled substance in Schedule IV and who thereby causes death to any person is guilty of a Class C felony.
          (b) For purposes of this subsection, causation is established when the controlled substance plays a substantial role in the death of any person.

    DEFINITIONS

    OCCURRED NEAR A SCHOOL?

          475.904 Unlawful manufacture or delivery of controlled substance within 1,000 feet of school. (1) Except as authorized by ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.752 to 475.980, it is unlawful for any person to manufacture or deliver a schedule I, II or III controlled substance within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a public or private elementary, secondary or career school attended primarily by minors.
          (2) Unlawful manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school is a Class A felony, except as otherwise provided in ORS 475.860

    DEPENDING ON HOW SUBSTANCE WAS PACKAGED CONSIDER

    475.005 “Manufacture” means the production,
    preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of a controlled substance, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container, except that this term does not include the preparation or compounding of a controlled substance:










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