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Don't like him much either but he didn't seem to have done too much in a criminal sense apart from threaten to buy cocaine for personal use.
SOmething which apparently is de rigeur in homes up and down the land
Don't like him much either but he didn't seem to have done too much in a criminal sense apart from threaten to buy cocaine for personal use.
SOmething which apparently is de rigeur in homes up and down the land
Class A drugs are treated by the law as the most dangerous. Offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act can include:
Possession of a controlled drug.
Possession with intent to supply another person.
Production, cultivation or manufacture of controlled drugs.
Supplying another person with a controlled drug. Offering to supply another person with a controlled drug.
Import or export of controlled drugs. Allowing premises you occupy or manage to be used for the consumption of certain controlled drugs (smoking of cannabis or opium but not use of other controlled drugs) or supply or production of any controlled drug.
Certain controlled drugs such as amphetamines, barbiturates, methadone, minor tranquillisers and occasionally heroin can be obtained through a legitimate doctor’s prescription. In such cases their possession is not illegal.
8. A person commits an offence if, being the occupier or Occupiers etc.
concerned in the management of any premises, he knowingly permits or suffers any of the following activities to take place for permitting
on those premises, that is to say- certain
(a) producing or attempting to produce a controlled drug activities
in contravention of section 4(1) of this Act ; there.
(b) supplying or attempting to supply a controlled drug to
another in contravention of section 4(1) of this Act,
or offering to supply a controlled drug to another in
so he should be picking up the soap right now.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Don't like him much either but he didn't seem to have done too much in a criminal sense apart from threaten to buy cocaine for personal use.
SOmething which apparently is de rigeur in homes up and down the land
whatever your view on the moral issues surrounding his proclivities, he has shown poor judgement and for somebody in a position of power to show such poor judgement is something that should preclude that individual from holding that office.
He knew damn well that, no matter how @liberal@ our society is supposed to be, the gutter press have a field day over things like this and he put himself at considerable risk of bringing himself, his office and his party into disrepute.
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