Do you need information on drug offences? Maybe you want to know the difference between personal, constructive and joint possession? Or perhaps you’ve wondered about the ministerial exceptions to accessing drugs?
If so, then Drug Offences in Canada by Bruce MacFarlane, Robert Frater and Croft Michaelson is the book for you!
This title can help you learn more about:
- prosecuting and defending drug offences
- the historical and constitutional issues regarding drug use and legislation in Canada
- analysis of core drug offences such as possession, trafficking, conspiracy, etc.
- criminal organizations and property forfeiture
- evidentiary issues such as wiretaps and police informer privilege
- defences such as entrapment or mistake of fact
- sentencing under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Cannabis Act
- information on the lawful access to drugs
Drug Offences in Canada is available on the public access computers at all our Courthouse Libraries locations. Next time you’re in the library, search for the title in the library catalogue on the computer and click on the digital access link; this will take you straight to the digital title in WestlawNext Canada.
We also have this title available in print. If you want to borrow the book or request scans through our document delivery service, please contact us at librarian@courthouselibrary.ca or 1-800-665-2570.
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