Possession of Drugs in UK Law
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Opiate use in Ireland — Methodological issues
... ... number of arrests in a three-month period for thepossession of drugs for sale or supply, and derived, they say, from Tables 4 and5 of their ... 2003,1 represent the number of offences detected for possession of anydrugs for sale or supply, rather than the number of opiate users, or ... ...
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House of Lords
... ... HOUSE OF LORDS BURDEN OF PROOF-POSSESSION OF DRUGS R. v. Hunt In R. v. Hunr [1987] 1 All E.R. 1, ... ...
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
... ... Judicial Committee of the Privy Council UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUGS D.P.P. v. Brooks I N this case, the quashing of the ... ...
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When an “Interview” is Not an Interview
... ... by the officer who knew Absolamhad been previously arrested for possession of cannabis, to"putthe drugs on the table". They were duly produced and ... ...
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The impact of the Great Recession on the Irish drug market
This article analyses 10 years (2004–2014) of An Garda Síochána controlled drug data to investigate the impact of economic recession and globalization on the Irish illicit drug market. The limited ...... ... use and dealing, yet increased the cultivation and manufacture of drugs: trends which largely conflict with the international literature. Two ... Windle 551 Figure 2. Number of recorded possession offences (2004–2014). Source : CSO (no date a). reduced ‘parental ... ...
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Recent Book: The Way Back: They All Come Out—Rehabilitation of the Ex-Criminal
... ... of dealers and the control of their business transactions; the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1964, which, among other things, es the authorized possession of drugs of the" purple heart" type; the Police Act, 1964, which has ... ...
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House of Lords
... ... House of Lords POSSESSION OF DRUGS WITHOUT KNOWING Warner v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner W HE N ... ...
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Do Police Powers of Stop and Search in Scotland strike a fair balance between the rights of the accused, or those subject to searches, and the rights of the state?
... ... of committing a crime, about to commit a crime, or be in possession of a prohibited article such as an offensive weapon. These powers were ... police to search someone such as section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 which gives officers the power to search someone they have ... ...
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Possession, Warner and S.28
... ... In particular, the assessment of its effect after the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 continues to prove a bewildering task, as has been recently demonstrated yet again in two decisions, R. v. Lewls: and ... ...
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Depenalization, diversion and decriminalization: A realist review and programme theory of alternatives to criminalization for simple drug possession
Alternatives to criminalization for the simple possession of illicit drugs are increasingly of interest to policy makers. But there is no existing theoretically based, empirically tested framework ...... ... HulmeRAND Europe, UKRebecca CassidyUniversity of Kent, UKAbstractAlternatives to criminalization for the simple possession of illicit drugs are increasingly of interest to policy makers. But there is no existing theoretically based, empirically tested framework that can inform development ... ...
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