Misuse of Drugs

Smith offers Jones heroin, which in fact is salt. Is Smith guilty of offering to supply?

Constable Bloggs has reasonable grounds to suspect the driver of a hovercraft is in possession of a controlled drug. Does he have the power to stop, detain and search the hovercraft?

Louise is walking in the High Street and finds what she believes to be controlled drugs. She picks them up intending to take them to the police station after she has finished her shopping. Does she commit an offence?

Mum and dad come home unexpectedly and find their son taking what appear to be controlled drugs. Mum flushes them down the loo. Does she have a defence to possession of controlled drugs?

Harry asks his girlfriend Sue to hide his stash of controlled drugs in her handbag. Some time later she hands the drugs back to him, for him to take. Is she supplying controlled drugs?

A travel restriction order applies where a court has convicted a person of a drug trafficking offence and it has determined that a sentence of how long is appropriate?

Following a conviction for a drug trafficking offence, a court may make a travel restriction order. What is the minimum period of the order?

Where a magistrate is satisfied on oath there are reasonable grounds, he may issue a search warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act. The warrant authorises the search for what articles?

Clare is aware that 2 police officers are about to stop her in the street. Before a conversation takes place, Clare says to the officers “I’ve just found this stuff on the pavement, looks like drugs to me. I was just taking it to the police station to hand it in, otherwise some kids might pick it up”. Enquiries reveal that since ‘finding’ the drugs she has been shopping and had coffee with friends. Has Clare got a defence to possession?

A warrant authorising any constable at any time or times within, to enter, if need be by force, the premises named in the warrant, and to search the premises and any persons found therein, lasts how long?

Doctor Richards regularly prescribes methadone for use by her patients. She also issues a methadone prescription to her boyfriend, John, for use by his pals at an upcoming party. She gets the drugs, and on party night, passes them to John. He doesn’t use the stuff but gives them to his pals for use. Who, if anyone has committed an offence?

Mike tells Pete he has a jar of cannabis seed. Mike asks if he can buy some. Mike says he’ll be happy to let him have some and lets him have about half. At what point, if any, is Mike guilty of an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act?

Which of the following is an offence under the Psychoactive Substances Act, 2016?

A doctor supplies methadone to her boyfriend to keep him “sweet”. He is not her patient. Which of the following apply?

The owner of a cafe in town allows his clients to smoke at the rear of his premises. He knows that they occasionally smoke cannabis. Is the owner committing an offence?

Samson and Delilah club together and buy some heroin. Samson divides up the joint purchase for them both to take. What offence does Samson commit?

In terms of the aggravation of the offence of supply of a controlled drug at a school. The relevant time includes which of these?

In the offence of supplying a butane lighter refill to an under 18, which is required?

It is not an offence to offer to supply which of the following:

Roger has given Steve some cocaine for him to store for him. He can call Steve any time to bring it round to his house. Is Roger guilty of possession of a controlled drug?