1. Chapter 6

2. Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession
You can be charged if you possess a small quantity of a drug or are associated with people who posses it
Crown must prove that person knew they had a controlled substance
Schedule
Comprised of
examples I
Most dangerous drugs
Narcotics – cocaine, Heroin II
Cannabis (marijuana) + Derivatives
Cannabis
III
Drugs previously found under the drug and food act
LSD IV
Controlled but have therapeutic uses
Ritalin

3. Prescription shopping or double doctoring Trafficking
Trying to obtain a prescription from a number of doctors
Trafficking
To sell, administer, give, transfer, transport, send or deliver the substance.
Simply giving someone drugs is considered trafficking, no profit is necessary
Schedule I
Indictable offence
Life
Schedule II
More than 3kg - Indictable
life
Schedule III
hybrid
18 months – 10 years
Schedule IV
1 – 3 years

4. Entrapment Random virtue testing It is illegal to:
Induce or lure someone into committing an offence
Random virtue testing
Investigating someone without having reasonable grounds to do so
It is illegal to:
import/export any illegal substance
Produce any illegal substance
Have possession of property (or cash) obtained through a crime

5. Search and Seizure under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Laundering
To make illegal money legal
Search and Seizure under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Police act without a warrant if the situation is urgent and it is impractical to obtain one
Police can use as much force as necessary to enter the premises and stop the drugs from being destroyed

6. Drinking and Driving Motor Vehicle
“a vehicle that is drawn, propelled, or driven by any means other than muscular power, but does not include railway equipment.”
Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
Offence to operate a vehicle dangerously on a street, road, highway, or other public space (includes shopping mall parking lots, private roads regularly used by the public)
Failure to stop at the scene of an accident
If you are involved in an accident you stop at the scene; you are required to give your name and address to the other party, must offer assistance if needed

7. Test for Impaired Driving
Driving a motor vehicle while impaired
Driving with blood over legal limit (80mg in 100ml of blood in the Yukon)
Having care or control over the vehicle while over the legal limit or impaired
Test for Impaired Driving
Road side screening test (breathalyzer)
Blood samples
Drivers may be asked to pass coordination or balance tests after being stopped, not able to be used for convicting for an offence

8. Penalties (pg. 180)
A may issue a discharge for offenders who would benefit from treatment
Demerit points