A person who knowingly sells, purchases, manufactures, delivers, or brings into Florida, or is knowingly in actual or constructive possession of a certain amount of drugs can be charged with drug trafficking.
Many drug trafficking offenses are first-degree felonies, but certain amounts can be life felonies and cases involving the death of another person may be capital felonies.
Much like federal drug laws, Florida divides controlled substances into five schedules with Schedule I having the highest potential for abuse and Schedule V having the lowest.
Many drug trafficking convictions involve mandatory minimum prison sentences in addition to heavy fines.
The following mandatory minimum sentences apply for the accompanying drug charges:

• Mandatory minimum three years in prison -
• 28 grams or more but less than 200 grams of cocaine - $50,000 fine
• 10 grams or more but less than 200 grams of methamphetamine (meth), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy), or other amphetamines -$50,000 fine
• 1 kilogram or more but less than 5 kilograms of gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) -$50,000 fine
• 1 gram or more but less than 5 grams of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) -$50,000 fine
• 25 pounds or more but less than 2,000 pounds of marijuana - $25,000 fine
• 300 cannabis plants or more but less than 2,000 cannabis plants - $25,000 fine
• 4 grams or more but less than 14 grams of Hydrocodone, oxycodone (OxyContin®, Percocet®), or similar Schedule II opioids -$50,000 fine
• Mandatory minimum seven years in prison -
• 200 grams or more but less than 400 grams of cocaine - $100,000 fine
• 200 grams or more but less than 400 grams of methamphetamine (meth), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy), or other amphetamines - $100,000 fine
• 5 kilograms or more but less than 10 kilograms of gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) - $100,000 fine
• 5 grams or more but less than 7 grams of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) - $100,000 fine
• 2,000 pounds or more but less than 10,000 pounds of marijuana - $50,000 fine
• 2,000 cannabis plants or more but less than 10,000 cannabis plants - $50,000 fine
• Mandatory minimum 15 years in prison -
• 400 grams or more but less than 150 kilograms of cocaine - $250,000 fine
• 400 grams or more of methamphetamine (meth), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy), or other amphetamines - $250,000 fine
• 10 kilograms or more of gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) - $250,000 fine
• 7 grams or more of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) - $500,000 fine
• 25 pounds or more but less than 10,000 pounds of marijuana - $200,000 fine
• 300 cannabis plants or more but less than 2,000 cannabis plants - $200,000 fine
• 14 grams or more but less than 28 grams of Hydrocodone, oxycodone (OxyContin®, Percocet®), or similar Schedule II opioids - $100,000 fine
• Mandatory minimum 25 years in prison -
• 28 grams or more but less than 30 kilograms of Hydrocodone, oxycodone (OxyContin®, Percocet®), or similar Schedule II opioids - $500,000 fine

Any drug trafficking charge is extremely serious, but there are multiple ways in which an alleged offender can avoid a mandatory minimum sentence.
Providing information to the prosecuting attorney can result in a substantial assistance or safety valve provision that reduces a person's sentence, but constitutional rights violations like illegal search and seizure or other police errors may result in the charges being dismissed altogether.