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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 Chicoutimi, 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

ChicoutimiLawyersNear Me

Fradette & Le Bel Avocats

Chicoutimi, Quebec

351 Labrecque Street

(418) 543-4875

Justitia Law Firm

Chicoutimi, Quebec

138 East Root

(418) 549-9191

Me Jean-François Têtu

Chicoutimi, Quebec

375, Rue Montcalm

(418) 973-2111

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/