• OTR officers assisted the South Australia Police with attendance at illegal cannabis growers’ premises where dangerous wiring, including meter bypasses, was suspected.

Supports the separation of the cannabis market from the market of other illegal drugs; and ???????

This higher number is in part due to a higher number of audits conducted with the SA Police at illegal cannabis operations.

Controlled Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Cannabis) Amendment Bill 2008   Controlled Substances (Poisons) Variation Regulations 2009, Controlled Substances (General) Variation  Regulations 2009  This suite of legislation, now in the final stages of implementation, increases the penalties for cultivation of  hydroponic cannabis and requires the courts to treat amphetamines as among the most serious illegal drugs. 

ACC intelligence alleged the men in question were involved in interstate trafficking of methylamphetamines, ecstasy and cannabis.

(Submission 24) A submission from a prisoner serving a sentence for a cannabis offence expressed a similar view, contending that relaxing sentencing for such offences might reduce overcrowding in prisons.

Professor Lloyd qualified with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Applied Chemistry and a PhD in Medicinal Organic Chemistry from Dublin City University.

To minimise the incidence of poisoning from medicinal drugs and poisons used in agriculture, industry and for domestic purposes.

Having spent the day drinking and smoking cannabis these two accused went out looking for someone to rob.

The Committee, meeting approximately every two months, considered and commented on the following legislation of significance to the Office: • Criminal Law Consolidation (Rape and Sexual Offences) Bill 2007 • Evidence (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2007 • Criminal Law (Sentencing) (Victims of Crime) Amendment Bill 2007 • Summary Offences (Indecent Filming) Bill 2007 • Statutes Amendment (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Cannabis) Bill 2008 • Statutes Amendment (Recidivist Young Offenders and Youth Parole Board) Bill 2008 • Criminal Law Consolidation (Double Jeopardy) Amendment Bill 2008 In particular the Committee liaised closely with Policy, Planning and Legislation staff in relation to the Criminal Law Consolidation (Rape and Sexual Offences) Bill 2007 which has now passed Parliament and will have a significant impact on the way the Office prosecutes sexual offences.