Controlled Drugs: Identification And Offences

Question 0

What type of drugs come under the category first schedule - class A?

Answer 0

Methamphetamine 'P' 'ice'
LSD (lysergide)
Mescaline
Heroin
Thalidomide
Cocaine
PCP
Psilocybine 'mushroom'

Question 1

What are the 5 categories of offences?

Answer 1

• Dealing
• Possession
• Cultivation
• Possession of instruments
• Permitting premises to be used

Question 2

What types of drugs come under the category second schedule - class B?

Answer 2

Morphine
Opium
Methadone
Amphetamine
Pethidine
Cannabis resin
Cannabis oil
MDMA 'ecstasy'
MSTs
GHB (Fantasy) and GBL

Question 3

What type of drugs come under the category third schedule - class C?

Answer 3

BZP
Cannabis fruit
Cannabis leaf
Cannabis seeds
Coca leaf
Codeine

Question 4

What type of drugs come under the category fourth schedule - class C?

Answer 4

Psuedoephedrine/ Ephedrine

Question 5

What are the ingredients of Possession OR Use of controlled drugs?

Answer 5

• Procure OR Possess OR Consume OR Smoke OR Otherwise use

* Any controlled drug

Question 6

What do you need to prove for a prima facie case?

Answer 6

1. Possession
   That the person was in possession of the controlled drug; ie able to exercise some form of control over it.
2. Knowledge
   That they knew what the controlled drug was or that it was a controlled drug of some type, and that it was in their possession.
3. Usable quantity
   That the amount of the drug was enough to be useable.

Question 7

What are the ingredients for cultivation of prohibited plants?

Answer 7

• Cultivates

* A prohibited plant

Question 8

What are the ingredients for Permits use of premises OR Vehicle?

Answer 8

• Knowingly permits
• Any premises OR Motor vehicle OR other mode of conveyance
• To be used for the purpose of the commission of an offence against the Misuse of drugs act 1975

Question 9

What are the ingredients of possession of instruments?

Answer 9

• Has in his possession
• Any pipe OR Any utensil OR Any syringe OR Any needle
• For the purpose of the commission of an offence against the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

Question 10

What does “cultivate” mean?

Answer 10

It means to sow, plant etc. For a charge of cultivating to be proved the offender must have known that the plant was prohibited.