A non-custodial sentence for supply of cocaine, even at a low level and with significant rehabilitation, is manifestly inadequate where insufficient weight is given to general deterrence. On a Crown sentence appeal where there has been substantial delay and rehabilitation, periodic detention may be an appropriate compromise between the need for denunciation/deterrence and double jeopardy considerations.
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