A sale of cocaine to another person for $500 constitutes which offense?

• A. Deliver
• B. Possession
• C. Trafficking
• D. Manufacture

Answer: (A)

Delivering a controlled substance means transferring possession of the drug from one person to another, usually for money. Selling cocaine to someone else is exactly that— you are passing control of the drug to another person in exchange for payment. Possession would involve you having the drug in your own control without transferring it. Manufacturing is about producing the substance, which isn’t described here. Trafficking usually requires a larger quantity or a broader distribution operation; a single $500 sale is typically treated as delivery rather than trafficking. Therefore, the offense is delivery.