Penal Law § 220.18

Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 220.18 Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second

degree.

A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses:

1. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing a narcotic drug and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of four ounces or more; or

2. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of isomers and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of two ounces or more; or

3. a stimulant and said stimulant weighs ten grams or more; or

4. lysergic acid diethylamide and said lysergic acid diethylamide weighs twenty-five milligrams or more; or

5. a hallucinogen and said hallucinogen weighs six hundred twenty-five milligrams or more; or

6. a hallucinogenic substance and said hallucinogenic substance weighs twenty-five grams or more; or

7. methadone and said methadone weighs two thousand eight hundred eighty milligrams or more.

Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree is a class A-II felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/220.18

In plain English

Knowing, unlawful possession is second-degree possession when it involves:

(1) 4 ounces or more of a narcotic-drug mixture; ★
(2) 2 ounces or more of a methamphetamine mixture;
(3) 10 grams or more of a stimulant;
(4) 25 milligrams or more of LSD;
(5) 625 milligrams or more of a hallucinogen;
(6) 25 grams or more of a hallucinogenic substance; or
(7) 2,880 milligrams or more of methadone.

The offense is a class A-II felony.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.