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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 1106 (2026)

Unlawfully furnishing scheduled drugs

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[PL 2001, c. 383, §120 (RP); PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).]
1-A.  Except as provided in subsection 1‑B, a person is guilty of unlawful furnishing of a scheduled drug if the person intentionally or knowingly furnishes what the person knows or believes to be a scheduled drug, which is in fact a scheduled drug, and the drug is:  
A. A schedule W drug. Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime;   [PL 2001, c. 383, §121 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).]
B. A schedule X drug. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime;   [PL 2001, c. 383, §121 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).]
C. A schedule Y drug. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or   [PL 2001, c. 383, §121 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).]
D. A schedule Z drug. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime.   [PL 2001, c. 383, §121 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).]
[PL 2001, c. 383, §121 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).]
1-B.  A person is not guilty of unlawful furnishing of a scheduled drug if the conduct that constitutes the furnishing is expressly:  
A. Authorized by Title 22, Title 28‑B or Title 32; or   [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. B, §4 (AMD).]
B. Made a civil violation by Title 22 or Title 28‑B.   [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. B, §4 (AMD).]
[PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. B, §4 (AMD).]
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[PL 2001, c. 383, §122 (RP); PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF).]
3.  Proof that the person intentionally or knowingly possesses a scheduled drug that is in fact of a quantity, state or concentration as provided in this subsection, gives rise to a permissible inference under the Maine Rules of Evidence, Rule 303 that the person is unlawfully furnishing that scheduled drug:  
A. More than 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana;   [PL 2009, c. 67, §1 (AMD).]
B. More than 2 grams of cocaine;   [PL 2021, c. 396, §6 (AMD).]
C.   [PL 1999, c. 531, Pt. I, §7 (RP).]
C-1. Two grams or more of heroin;   [PL 2021, c. 396, §6 (NEW).]
C-2. Two grams or more of fentanyl powder;   [PL 2021, c. 396, §6 (NEW).]
D. Lysergic acid diethylamide in any of the following quantities or concentrations:  
(1) Not less than 25 squares, stamps, tablets or units of any compound, mixture or substance containing a detectable quantity of lysergic acid diethylamide; or  
(2) Any quantity of any compound, mixture or substance that, in the aggregate, contains not less than 1,250 micrograms of lysergic acid diethylamide;   [PL 2001, c. 419, §16 (AMD).]
E. More than 200 milligrams of methamphetamine;   [PL 2015, c. 496, §4 (AMD).]
F. Any quantity of pills, capsules, tablets, vials, ampules, syringes or units containing any narcotic drug other than heroin that, in the aggregate, contains more than 200 milligrams of the narcotic drug;   [PL 2015, c. 496, §5 (AMD).]
G. Any quantity of pills, capsules, tablets, units, compounds, mixtures or substances that, in the aggregate, contains more than 200 milligrams of oxycodone or more than 200 milligrams of hydromorphone; or   [PL 2015, c. 496, §5 (AMD).]
H. Fifteen or more pills, capsules, tablets or units containing 3, 4 - methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA, or any other drug listed in section 1102, subsection 1, paragraph O.   [PL 2001, c. 419, §16 (NEW).]
[PL 2021, c. 396, §6 (AMD).]
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[PL 1989, c. 334, §4 (RP).]
5.  If a person uses a motor vehicle to facilitate the unlawful furnishing of a scheduled drug, the court may, in addition to other authorized penalties, suspend the person's driver's license, permit, privilege to operate a motor vehicle or right to apply for or obtain a license for a period not to exceed 5 years. A suspension may not begin until after any period of incarceration is served. If the court suspends a person's driver's license, permit, privilege to operate a motor vehicle or right to apply for or obtain a license, the court shall notify the Secretary of State of the suspension. The Secretary of State may not reinstate the person's driver's license, permit, privilege to operate a motor vehicle or right to apply for or obtain a license unless the person demonstrates that, after having been released and discharged from any period of incarceration that may have been ordered, the person has served the period of suspension ordered by the court.  
[PL 2025, c. 173, §10 (AMD).]
6.  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the substance furnished is:  
A. Hemp.   [PL 2021, c. 434, §1 (AMD).]
B. [PL 2021, c. 434, §1 (RP).]
[PL 2021, c. 434, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 164, §§3,4 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 535, §§4,5 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 253 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 334, §4 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 344, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 384, §3 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 600, §§A7,8 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 924, §12 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 548, §A11 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 674, §6 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 635, §5 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 422, §§7-9 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 453, §§11,12 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 531, §§I6,7 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 383, §§120-123 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 383, §156 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 419, §§16-18 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 61, §6 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 346, Pt. B, §1 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 67, §1 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 496, §§3-5 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. B, §4 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 12, Pt. B, §7 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 396, §6 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 434, §1 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 173, §10 (AMD).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 37 cases, 1978–2018 · leading case: State v. Rabon, 2007 ME 113 (Me. 2007).
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State v. Rabon, 2007 ME 113 (Me. 2007). · cites it 4× “) on Charles's conditional guilty plea for unlawful furnishing of a scheduled drug (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. § 1106(1-A)(A) (2006) and plea for criminal forfeiture, 15 M.”
State v. Coombs, 1998 ME 1 (Me. 1998). · cites it 2× “17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106(3)(A) (Supp.1997). In any event, Sergeant Carter's unauthorized and highly irregular act of destroying evidence of either a civil or criminal offense raises serious doubts about the circumstances surrounding Coombs' confession.”
State v. Bassford, 440 A.2d 1059 (Me. 1982). · cites it 3× “*1060 Factual Background By a complaint originally brought in District Court and transferred to the Superior Court, Franklin County, the defendant, Thomas Bassford, stands charged with a violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106, Unlawful Furnishing of Scheduled Drugs.”
United States v. Jackie David Miller, 589 F.2d 1117 (1st Cir. 1978). “At this point, Deputy White had not seen more than IV2 ounces of marijuana associated with the defendant, 10 but these facts were sufficient to warrant a reasonable and prudent man’s belief that appellant had been engaged in “furnishing” under 17-A M.”
State v. Brewer, 1999 ME 58 (Me. 1999). · cites it 4× “Brewer unlawfully furnished a schedule W drug, methamphetamine, in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106 (Supp.1996). On appeal, the State argues that the court erred when it held that Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) agents seized Brewer without a reasonable suspicion *354 of…”
State v. Izzo, 623 A.2d 1277 (Me. 1993). · cites it 2× “See 17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 1106, 1107 (1983 & Supp.”
State v. Baker, 409 A.2d 216 (Me. 1979). · cites it 2× “White were indicted for “furnishing marijuana,” 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106 (1979), and “trafficking in hypodermic apparatuses,” 17-A M.”
State v. Drown, 937 A.2d 157 (Me. 2007). · cites it 2× “appeals from a judgment of conviction for unlawfully furnishing a schedule W drug (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. § 1106(1-A)(A) (2006), entered on his conditional guilty plea in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Gorman, J.”
State v. Deering, 1998 ME 23 (Me. 1998). · cites it 2× “To support his position, Deering relies on two statutory provisions, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106 and 22 M.R.S.A.- § 2383.”
Sandra Coombs v. State of Maine, 202 F.3d 14 (1st Cir. 2000). “See 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106(3)(a) (1999). Coombs agreed to go into the store with Carter to discuss the matter of the sweater.”
State v. Desjardins, 401 A.2d 165 (Me. 1979). “marijuana, on September 21, 1977, contrary to 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106. Found guilty on all three counts by jury verdict in the Superior Court (Penobscot County), the defendant appeals from the ensuing judgments.”
State v. Van Sickle, 580 A.2d 691 (Me. 1990). · cites it 2× “) convicted defendant Daniel Van Sickle of unlawful furnishing of marijuana under 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106 (1983). On appeal defendant challenges only the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress physical evidence seized by police in a search of his Gardiner home pursuant to a…”
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— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 1106(1)(B) — 1 case
State v. Johnson, 2005 ME 46 (Me. 2005).
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 1106(3) — 4 cases
United States v. Jackie David Miller, 589 F.2d 1117 (1st Cir. 1978). “At this point, Deputy White had not seen more than IV2 ounces of marijuana associated with the defendant, 10 but these facts were sufficient to warrant a reasonable and prudent man’s belief that appellant had been engaged in “furnishing” under 17-A M.”
State v. Bishop, 392 A.2d 20 (Me. 1978).
State v. Baker, 409 A.2d 216 (Me. 1979). “White were indicted for “furnishing marijuana,” 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106 (1979), and “trafficking in hypodermic apparatuses,” 17-A M.”
State v. Bassford, 440 A.2d 1059 (Me. 1982). “*1060 Factual Background By a complaint originally brought in District Court and transferred to the Superior Court, Franklin County, the defendant, Thomas Bassford, stands charged with a violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106, Unlawful Furnishing of Scheduled Drugs.”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 1106(3)(A) — 2 cases
State v. Coombs, 1998 ME 1 (Me. 1998). “17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106(3)(A) (Supp.1997). In any event, Sergeant Carter's unauthorized and highly irregular act of destroying evidence of either a civil or criminal offense raises serious doubts about the circumstances surrounding Coombs' confession.”
State v. Mogan, 627 A.2d 527 (Me. 1993).
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 1106(3)(a) — 1 case
Sandra Coombs v. State of Maine, 202 F.3d 14 (1st Cir. 2000). “See 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106(3)(a) (1999). Coombs agreed to go into the store with Carter to discuss the matter of the sweater.”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 1106(8) — 1 case
State v. Bassford, 440 A.2d 1059 (Me. 1982). “*1060 Factual Background By a complaint originally brought in District Court and transferred to the Superior Court, Franklin County, the defendant, Thomas Bassford, stands charged with a violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106, Unlawful Furnishing of Scheduled Drugs.”
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