Supply/Administer/Offer to Supply or Administer Class A or B Controlled Drug Flashcards

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Section

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Section 6(1)(c) Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

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Penalty

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Life, 14 years Imprisonment

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Ingredients

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1)  Supplies 
or 
Administers      
OR
Offers to supply
Or
Offers to administer
Or
Otherwise deals in

2) Class A or B controlled drug
3) To any person

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Supply

R v Maginnis

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Supply

Includes to distribute, give or sell.

Sec 2, Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

Supply involves more than the mere transfer of physical control… it includes enabling the recipient to apply the thing… to purposes for which he desires.

R v Maginnis

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Administers

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Black’s Law Dictionary

In the context of drug dealing, the appropriate meaning of “administer” is to direct and cause a drug to be taken into the system of another person.

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Offers

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Oxford dictionary

Express readiness to do something for or on behalf of someone.

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Offers to supply

R v During

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An offer is an intimation by the person charged to another that he is ready on request to supply to that other, drugs of a kind prohibited by the statute.

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Offering to supply

R v Brown

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  • offers to supply a drug that he has on hand
  • offers to supply a drug that will be procured at some future date
  • offers to supply a drug that he mistakenly believes he can supply
  • offers to supply a drug deceitfully, knowing he will not supply that drug
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Supply

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Sec 2, Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

Includes to distribute, give or sell.

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Otherwise deals in

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The term otherwise deals in in paragraph (c) is aimed at dealing in a drug by some means other than by distributing, giving, or selling it, administering it or offering to supply or administer it.

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Must Prove Guilty Knowledge

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This will involve proof the defendant:

1) knew about the supply / administering / offer and
2) knew that the supply / administering / offer substance was a controlled drug and
3) intended to cause the supply / administering / offer.

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Useable Amount

R v Emerali

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In any drug offence, the quantity of the drug involved must be measurable and usable.

The serious offence of possessing a narcotic does not extend to some minute and useless residue of the substance.

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R v Strawbridge

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It is not necessary for the Crown to establish knowledge on the part ofthe accused. In the absence of evidence to the contrary knowledge on her part will be presumed, but if there is some evidence that the accused honestly believed on reasonable grounds that her act was innocent, then she is entitled to be acquitted unless the jury is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that this was not so.

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Class A Controlled Drug

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Means any controlled drug as specified or described in schedule 1 to this act.

Sec 2 Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

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Class B Controlled Drug

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Means any controlled drug as specified or described in schedule 2 to this act.

Sect 2 Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

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Controlled Drug

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Means any substance, preparation, mixture or article specified or described in schedule 1, schedule 2 or schedule 3 to this act and includes any controlled drugs analogue.

Sec 2 Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

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Person

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Gender neutral. Proven by judicial notice or circumstantial evidence.