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Below there are a number of articles about the laws relating to drug charges and drugs cases.
Drugs charges range from possession of a drug of dependence, trafficking drugs, trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs, cultivation of a drug of dependence, cultivation of a commercial quantity of drugs or using a drug of dependence. The law on drug charges vary depending on many factors that include quantities and intention of use.
Some issues in drugs cases are:
Below there are a number of articles about the laws relating to drug charges and drugs cases.
Drugs charges range from possession of a drug of dependence, trafficking drugs, trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs, cultivation of a drug of dependence, cultivation of a commercial quantity of drugs or using a drug of dependence. The law on drug charges vary depending on many factors that include quantities and intention of use.
Some issues in drugs cases are:
- What amount of drugs was there in reality?
- Was drug use a major part of the reason for the offending?
- What is being done to show that you are turning your life around?
Drug charges
- Cultivation of Narcotic Plants – Commercial Quantity
- Cultivation of Narcotic Plants – Large Commercial Quantity
- Cultivation of Narcotic Plants (Non-Commercial Quantity)
- Forging Prescriptions and Orders for Drugs of Dependence
- Introduction of a Drug of Dependence Into the Body of Another Person
- Obtaining Drugs of Dependence by False Representation
- Possess Drug of Dependence
- Possession of Precursor Chemicals
- Possession of Substance etc for Trafficking in a Drug of Dependence
- Possession of Tablet Press
- Supply of Drug of Dependence to a Child
- Trafficking in a Drug of Dependence
- Trafficking in a Drug of Dependence to a Child
- Trafficking in a Drug or Drugs of Dependence (Commercial Quantity)
- Trafficking in Drugs of Dependence – Large Commercial Quantity
- Use of a Drug of Dependence
Further information relating to specific drugs
| Drug | (Large Commercial Quantity) Quantity | (Large Commercial Quantity) Quantity of mixture of substance and drug of dependence | (Commercial Quantity) Quantity | (Commercial Quantity) Quantity of mixture of substance and drug of dependence | (Automatic Forfeiture Quantity) Quantity | (Trafficable Quantity) Quantity of mixture of substance and drug of dependence | (Trafficable Quantity) Quantity | (Small Quantity) Quantity of mixture of substance and drug of dependence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amphetamine | 750.0g | 1.0kg | 100.0g | 500.0g | 30.0g | 3.0g | 0.75g | |
| Buprenorphine | 2.0g | |||||||
| Cannabis | 250kg or 1000 plants | 25kg or 100 plants | 250.0g or 10 plants | 50.0g | ||||
| Cocaine | 750.0g | 1.0kg | 250.0g | 500.0g | 30.0g | 3.0g | 1.0g | |
| Diacetylmorphine (Heroin) | 750.0g | 1.0kg | 250.0g | 500.0g | 30.0g | 3.0g | 1.0g | |
| Ephedrine (when in excess of 10.0g) | 750.0g | 100.0g | 20.0g | |||||
| Ketamine | 1.0kg | 500.0g | 3.0g | |||||
| Lysergic Acid Dyethylamide | 150.0g | 50.0g | 1.5g | 150.0mg | 20.0mg | |||
| Methylamphetamine | 750.0g | 1.0kg | 100.0g | 500.0g | 30.0g | 3.0g | 0.75g | |
| Methylendedioxy-Amphetamines | 750.0g | 1.0kg | 100.0g | 500.0g | 30.0g | 3.0g | 0.75g | |
| 3,4-Methylendedioxy-Amphetamine (MDA) | 750.0g | 1.0kg | 100.0g | 500.0g | 30.0g | 3.0g | 0.75g | |
| 3,4-Methylendedioxy-N-Methylamphetamine (MDMA) | 750.0g | 1.0kg | 100.0g | 500.0g | 30.0g | 3.0g | 0.75g | |
| Pseudoephedrine (when in excess of 10.0g) | 750.0g | 100.0g | 20.0g | |||||
| Tetrahydrocannabinol | 3.0kg | 25.0kg | 1.0kg | 10.0kg | 600.0g | 25.0g | 1.0g | |
| Anabolic and Androgenic Steroidal Agents, other than in implant preparations for use in animals | 5.0kg | 5.0kg | 300.0g | 500.0g | 50.0g |
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