6 (1)(b)

Question 1

CL: R v Rua

Producing and Manufacturing

Answer 1

“The words produce or manufacture broadly cover the creation of controlled drugs

by some form of process which changes the original substances into a particular controlled drug”

Question 2

Definition of Produce

Answer 2

To produce means to bring something into being

Or

existence from its raw materials or elements.

Produce includes compound:

To compound means to create a whole by mixing or combining two or more elements or parts.

Example:
Cannabis oil

Question 3

Definition of manufacture

Answer 3

Manufacturing is the process of synthesis;

Combining components or processing raw materials to create a new substances.

Examples:
Methamphetamine from pseudoephedrine

Heroin from morphine

Question 4

When is the offence complete?

Answer 4

The offence is complete once the prohibited substance is created

Whether or not it is in a useable form.

Question 5

Cannabis preparations

Answer 5

Section 29B:

When cannabis preparation is produced by subjecting cannabis plant to some kind of processing

That renders it unrecognisable as plant material

Example:
Producing cannabis oil
Or
Baking a cannabis cake