The guidance given to crown prosecutors on the procedures for establishing the values of drugs for sentencing purposes no longer reflects the decisions of the Court of Appeal. In cases involving the importation of drugs of more than 500 grams the drugs must be tested to establish the purity of what was found, and the court would be invited to consider sentencing on the basis of the quantity and at 100 per cent purity. The purity of drugs supplied in tablet form such as LSD and ecstasy can continue to be dealt with on assumptions about the proportion of active content.
Citations:
Times 04-Aug-2000
Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.85417
