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The Vienna Declaration

Section 8 - Drug use, etc. on premises

Section 8 of the 1971 Act makes it a criminal offence for occupiers of premises knowingly to ‘permit or suffer’ those premises to be used for the following activities:

  • Production or attempted production of any controlled drug, or
  • Supply or attempted supply of any controlled drug, or
  • Preparing opium for smoking, or
  • Smoking cannabis or prepared opium.

Penalties available for Section 8 offences

Please note this is the maximum sentence only and in most cases will not be reflective of the sentence given.

Maximum sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment or a fine or both.