Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of...

The purpose of this bill is to increase and modify sentences for certain controlled substances offenses; make certain offenses ineligible for suspension, probation, or alternative sentencing; make possession of Schedule I and II narcotics and methamphetamine a felony; authorize reduction from felony to misdemeanor under certain circumstances; declare a minimum period of 10 years' incarceration for the offense of drug delivery death; require inert substances mixed with controlled substances to be considered a controlled substance for purposes of weight measurement; and set forth a method for measurement where more than one controlled substance is in a mixture.