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Quantity Thresholds for Drug Possession: A Policy Perspective

Lifeline Project
July 2006

The 2005 Drugs Act has a number of stated aims including the enhancement of Police and Court powers against drug offenders by the creation of a new presumption of intent to supply where a defendant is found to be in possession of a certain quantity of controlled drugs. This Act came into force on 1st January 2006.