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However cannabis only accounted for 28.3% of the weight of illicit drugs seized. There were 72,381 cannabis arrests in 2017–18, with the number of national cannabis arrests increasing 30% over the last decade. Of the 72,381 cannabis related arrests in Australia 92% were consumer arrests and 8% were provider arrests.
Illicit drug use in Australia is the recreational use of prohibited drugs in Australia.Illicit drugs include illegal drugs (such as cannabis, opiates, and certain types of stimulants), pharmaceutical drugs (such as pain-killers and tranquillisers) when used for non-medical purposes, and other substances used inappropriately (such as inhalants). [1]
Originally sentenced to death, later commuted to life in prison. Received a Royal Pardon. Holly Deane-Johns: Western Australia: Drug trafficking (heroin) August 2000: December 2012: Sentenced to 31 years. Transferred to Bandyup Women's Prison in Australia in late 2007. [40] Robert Halliwell: Sydney: Drug trafficking (heroin) August 2000
Cannabis in the Australian Capital Territory has been decriminalised for personal recreational use since 2020. [1] By way of federal law, Hemp is legal. [ 2 ] Medical cannabis is also legal via federal law, since the passing of the respective law in October 2016. [ 3 ]
For this reason, much of Australia's criminal law was originally received from English common law. In some Australian states, the common law criminal system is still in force, albeit modulated by legislation and subsequent development by Australian courts. In others, the criminal law has been wholly codified.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
Death penalty has been carried out many times for cannabis trafficking. In July 2004 a convicted drug trafficker, Raman Selvam Renganathan who stored 2.7 kilograms of cannabis or marijuana in a Singapore flat was hanged in Changi Prison. He was sentenced to death on September 1, 2003, after an eight-day trial.
For prisoners held by Australia that died in prison custody, see Category:Prisoners who died in Australian detention. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.