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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 75 Use of drug of dependence

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 75

Use of drug of dependence

A person who, without being authorized by or licensed under this Act or the regulations or the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 or the regulations under that Act to do so uses or attempts to use a drug of dependence is guilty of an offence against this Act and liable—

S. 75(a) amended by No. 48/1997 s. 42(2).

        (a)     where the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the offence was committed in relation to cannabis or tetrahydrocannabinol—to a penalty of not more than 5 penalty units; and

S. 75(b) amended by No. 48/1997 s. 41(7).

        (b)     in any other case—to a penalty of not more than 30 penalty units or to level 8 imprisonment (1 year maximum) or to both that penalty and imprisonment.

S. 76 substituted by No. 10002 s. 7(1), amended by No. 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 59.7

(a)(b)).