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Drug Offences in Canada

Criminal Code & Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Regulations and Penalties for Possession and Use of Controlled Substances

If you have been charged with a crime in Vancouver, you should consult with a criminal defence lawyer in your area

Drug Offences

In addition to the Criminal Code, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is a federal statute that regulates street or non-prescription drugs, also known as "controlled substances." This Act divides drugs and their precursors into various schedules based on their potential risk to society and specifies the maximum penalties for their possession. It is important to understand the provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the legal consequences of the possession or use of controlled substances.

Drug Possession
The type of drug and the amount you possess are the most critical factors for determining how your possession case will proceed.
Drug Trafficking
If you sell or even share narcotics, you can be charged with trafficking. The punishment increases for those found with large quantities.
Amphetamine
Speed, bennies or uppers, billy, sulphate, grudge, dexys, blues, ups, wake-ups, black beauties, jollies, crazy medicine, yaba and crazy horse.
Cannabis
Marijuana, weed, pot, bud, green, herb, grass, 420, ganga, dope, joint, edibles, blunt, reefer, mary jane, stinkweed. chronic, skunk, blaze, broccoli.
Cocaine
C, rock, snow, coke, powder lines, Charlie, flake, blow, bump, nose candy, perl, rail, speedball, toot, white rock, dust.
Crack Cocaine
Black rock, candy, chemical, cookies, dice, gravel, grit, hail, hard rock, jelly beans, nuggets, purple caps, rocks, scrabble, sleet, snow coke, tornado.
Crystal Meth
meth, crystal, wash, ice, speed, tina, trash, gak, pookie, no doze, white cross, rocket fuel, crank, scooby snax, glass, chalk, rock, peach, pink, tweak, candy, peanut, jib, pill, blade.
Ecstasy
XTC, adam, beans, candy, dancing shoes, disco biscuits, doves, E-bomb, egg rolls, happy pill, hug drug, love drug, malcolm, molly, smartees, sweets, skittles, thizz vitamin E or X
Heroin
H, dead on arrival, mud, brown, hero, hell dust, junk, skag, dope, dust, horse, smack, China White.
LSD
Acid, tabs, blotters, barrels, microdots, dots, cid, electric Kool-Aid, Hawaiian sunshine, haze, headlights, hits, kaleidoscope, lucy in the sky with diamonds, mellow yellow, mighty Quinn
Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana can be used to treat a variety of ailments, including cancer, muscle stiffness, chronic pain, nausea and glaucoma.
Mushrooms
Magic mushrooms, also called caps, booms, blue meanies, golden tops, mush, mushies, shrooms, psilo, fungus and fungus delight.
Oxycodone
OxyContin, Percocet, Roxicodone, oxy, OCs, oxycet, oxycotton, hillbilly heroin, berries, killers, percs, roxis
PCP
Angel dust, hog, ozone, rocket fuel, shermans, wack, crystal, embalming fluid, lovelies, wets, and waters
Roofies
Date rape drug, circles, roofenol, roll and fall, forget me pill, la rocha, lunch money, R2, Roach 2, ruffies, rophies, wolfies

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Drug Offences in Vancouver, British Columbia - Referenced Links

Government References

Criminal Code
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-38.8/