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Drugs and the Law

Community policing

Legal Advice

It is an offence to knowingly have illegal drugs in your possession, to supply or intend to supply them to another person, and to grow or produce
them. The law says that ‘supplying’ can include passing drugs among friends or allowing people to take drugs in your house. Drugs fall into 3 classes, for example:

Penalties

These are the maximum penalties.

  Class A Class B Class C
Possession 7 years in prison
&/or unlimited
fine
5 years in prison 2 years in prison
Supply life in prison
&/or unlimited
fine
14 years in prison
&/or unlimited
fine

5 years in prison
&/or unlimited
fine

NOTE: Cannabis is now a Class C substance but it is still illegal and police are continuing to arrest users. Driving under the influence of cannabis or any other drug is an offence.

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