Transcript Personal safety Drugs awareness

Personal Safety and Wellbeing
Session 4 Drugs Awareness
Stay Safe Stay Healthy Drugs: Main
classes of illegal drugs
 Class A
 The following drugs are deemed Class A drugs under the
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Misuse of Drugs Act:
Ecstasy
LSD
Heroin
Cocaine
Crack Cocaine
Magic Mushrooms
Methadone
Meth Amphetamine (Crystal Meth)
Any Class B drug, e.g. amphetamine, if prepared for
injection
Stay Safe Stay Healthy Drugs: Main
classes of illegal drugs
 Class B
 The following drugs are deemed Class B drugs
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under the Misuse of Drugs Act:
Amphetamines
Cannabis
Codeine
Methylphenidate (Ritalin)
Pholcodine
Stay Safe Stay Healthy Drugs: Main
classes of illegal drugs
 Class C
 The following drugs are deemed Class C drugs
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under the Misuse of Drugs Act:
Tranquilisers
Some painkillers
Gamma Hydroxbutyrate (GHB)
Ketamine
Stay Safe Stay Healthy Drugs:What are the
offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act?
 Offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act can include the
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following:
Possession of a controlled substance
Possession with intent to supply
Production cultivation or manufacture of controlled substances
Supplying another person with a controlled substance
Offering to supply another person with a controlled substance
Import or export of controlled drugs
Allowing premises you occupy or manage to be used for the
consumption of certain controlled substances. This includes only
the smoking of cannabis or opium and does not extend to the use
of other controlled substances
Allowing premises you occupy or manage to be used for the
supply or production of any controlled substance or substances
Stay Safe Stay Healthy Drugs: What is
meant by Possession?
 A person will be charged with this offence under the Misuse of
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Drugs Act if they have the controlled substance in their physical
possession, for example in their pocket, or they have control
over them without permission to do so. In the case of certain
medical drugs an individual would need a prescription to prove
they had the requisite permission. An individual could be
charged with the following:
Possession – knowingly having it on your person
Joint Possession – owning drugs with various other people
Past Possession – previously in possession of a controlled
substance. This can used if an individual threw away the
controlled substance which was subsequently found by the police.
For possession to be proven there is no consideration regarding
the amount of the drug, all that needs to be proven is that the
individual had the controlled drug in their possession and that
they were aware of having it in their possession.
Stay Safe Stay Healthy Drugs:What is
meant by supply?
 Simply providing the controlled substance to another
individual would fall under the offence of supply under the
Misuse of Drugs Act. A common misconception is that
money is required to change hands for it to be considered
supply. This is not the case, simply giving it to another
person will be construed as supplying it. It could be a gift
with no money involved at all – a sale of the drug does not
have to take place in order for an offence to be
committed.
 Another common misconception in relation to supply is that
it relates to the amount of drug supplied. Simply supplying
any small amount to another person will be considered
supply under the act and receive the requisite charge.
 For these reasons supply is the most common offence
under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Stay Safe Stay Healthy Drugs: What is meant
by Possession with intent to supply?
 This offence is where someone is found with a controlled
substance in their possession and it is deemed that it is not
for their personal use but will be supplied to others.
 Another misconception is that possession with intent to
supply depends purely on the amount of the controlled
substance in the person’s possession but there is not a
definition within the Misuse of Drugs Act which specifies
that this is the case. Often when an individual is caught
with a substantial amount of the controlled substance in
their possession the police will infer that they intended
supply. Another indicator that is used for possession with
intent to supply is whether the larger amount is split up
into smaller amounts. This would suggest supply. This is
however left up to the discretion of the police involved to
establish.
Stay Safe Stay Healthy Drugs: Production
and cultivation
 What is meant by production of a controlled
substance?
 Manufacture of a controlled substance without a
license is an offence under the Act and includes
the cultivation of cannabis plants.
Stay Safe Stay Healthy Drugs: Will I get
a Prison Sentence ?
 Offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act carry both prison sentences
and fines depending on the class of drug and particular offence.
 Class A
 For possession an individual will receive up to seven years imprisonment
or an unlimited fine or is some cases both. For supply an individual may
receive up to a sentence of life imprisonment or an unlimited fine or in
some cases both.
 Class B
 For possession an individual will receive up to five years imprisonment or
an unlimited fine or in some cases both. For supply an individual will
receive up to 14 years imprisonment or an unlimited fine or in some
cases both.
 Class C
 For possession an individual will receive up to two years imprisonment or
an unlimited fine or in some cases both. For supply an individual will
receive up to 14 years imprisonment or an unlimited fine or in some
cases both.
Stay Safe Stay Healthy
Drugs
 ARE DANGEROUS!
 They cause huge health risks
 Screw up friendships working relationships and
family life
 Eat into your cash and leave you in debt
 Cause you to feel like a dogs breakfast
Stay Safe Stay Healthy
Drugs
 Give you depressing come downs
 Make it difficult to have sex
 Cause you to babble on like a fool!
 Get you into trouble at work or College
 And possibly Kill you
 STILL WANT TO DO DRUGS???????