Canadian Lawyers On Possession Of Controlled Compounds

The full list of drugs scheduled in Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is dividend into eight schedules depending on the type of the drug and 2 Classes of precursors. Each schedule has a various penalty for possession.

Schedule I consists of the heaviest medicines: opium poppy by-products like Opium, Heroin, Codeine, Morphine, etc.; Coca and by-products the most popular is Cocaine; Amidones (Methadone and similar compounds); Methamphetamine and Ketamine. Schedule III is for mainly chemically gotten medicines like Amphetamines (excluding Methamphetamine), Ritalin, Some Barbiturates, LSD and Mescaline. For Schedules VII it is 3kg Hashish or 3kg Cannabis, for Schedule VIII - 1g Hashish or 30g Cannabis.

The penalty for possession of regulated compound is treated various depending on the kind of offence. If the possession is dealt with as an indictable offence, the charges will be following: Schedule I: Maximum 7 years imprisonment, Schedule II: Maximum 5 years jail time (if the quantities are surpassing amounts set in Schedule VIII), Schedule III: Maximum 3 years jail time

It is an indictable offence to try to get a Schedule IV compound but not an offence for possession. Section 5 offers that possession for the purpose of trafficking of a Schedule IV substance is an offence.

If the possession is treated as a summary conviction offence, the charges will be: optimum $1000 fine for first offence and/or optimum 6 months imprisonment and optimum $2000 fine for subsequent offence and/or maximum 1 year imprisonment. In case the quantities of Hashish or Cannabis do not surpass the quantities set in Schedule VIII, a maximum fine of $1000 and/or optimum 6 months imprisonment is the only punishment for the arrested individual.

The complete list of drugs set up in Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is dividend into 8 schedules depending on the type of the medicine and two Classes of precursors. For Schedules VII it is 3kg Hashish or 3kg Cannabis, for Schedule VIII - 1g Hashish or 30g Cannabis.