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Does the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act regarding trafficking, possession and double doctoring also apply to Targeted Substances?

April 26, 2017ACT controlled drugs doctoring double possession substances trafficking

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Does the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act regarding trafficking, possession and double doctoring also apply to Targeted Substances?

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• The “trafficking” provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act applies to the substances listed in Schedules I to IV of this Act. Thus, the “trafficking” provisions apply to all Targeted Substances, because they are currently all listed in either Schedules III or IV of the Act. • The “possession” offences in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act applies only to drugs listed in Schedules I to III of the Act. Targeted Substances meeting this requirement are listed in Part 2 of Schedule I of the Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances Regulations. Flunitrazepam is currently the only Targeted Substance for which there is a “possession” offence. • Sub-section 4(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act makes it an offence to seek or obtain a substance listed in Schedules I to IV of this Act from a practitioner, unless the person discloses to the practitioner particulars relating to the acquisition by the person of every substance in those Schedules, and of every autho