Misuse of drugs / Don Mathias.

Includes index.

Introduction -- 1. Possession -- 2. Equipment, material, and precursor substances -- 3. Importing and exporting controlled drugs -- 4. Producing and manufacturing a controlled drug -- 5. Supplying, administering, or otherwise dealing -- 6. Procuring, consuming, smoking, or otherwise using -- 7. Cultivation of a prohibited plant -- 8. Permitting the use of premises for an offence against the Act -- 9. Secondary participation -- 10. Conspiracy -- 11. Attempts -- 12. Court procedures (under the Criminal Procedure Act 2011) -- 12A. Court procedures (before commencement of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011) -- 13. Bail -- 14, Preventing abuse of process -- 15. Search and seizure -- 16. Search under the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 from 18 April 2012 -- 16A. Interception under the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1978 before 18 April 2012 -- 17. Proving the identity of the drug -- 18. Forfeiture, proceeds of crime, and money laundering -- 19. Sentencing.

"Misuse of Drugs has for many years enjoyed a well-deserved reputation as the core reference on the laws of drug misuse and trafficking. Written by specialist author Dr Don Mathias, the nineteen chapters of Misuse of Drugs are a treatment of central topics in criminal law from the perspective of drug offences. Indeed, the book guides the reader through all major aspects of this complex and multi-faceted area of the law, including: the range of offences related to the possession, manufacture, supply, production, import, export, procurement, production, cultivation, or consumption of controlled drugs; the court processes (including those relevant to bail applications, prevention of abuse of process, and sentencing) relevant to drug offences; the application of the law of evidence, search and seizure, and surveillance to drug offences; important forensic issues such as the need for the prosecution to prove that substances involved in alleged offences are in fact controlled drugs; The law related to forfeiture of proceeds of offending, proceeds of crime and money laundering. These features make the text essential reading for all criminal lawyers, and for judges, the police, probation officers, forensic scientists, students and members of the public interested in the law of drug misuse and trafficking."--Publisher's website.