Jenkinson v R

[2024] NSWCCA 34

NSW Court of Criminal Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Criminal Law
2. › Drug offences
3. › Supply of prohibited drug
4. › Commercial quantity
5. › Whether weight of prohibited drug included weight of mushrooms in which psilocybin naturally found
6. › Construction of 'admixture' provision
7. › Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), ss 3, 4, 25(2), Sch 1
1. Statutes
2. › Construction
3. › Ejusdem generis
4. › Whether general words 'other substance' limited by preceding specific words 'preparation, admixture, extract'
5. › Whether confined to substances artificially combined by human intervention
6. › Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s 4

Quick Take

For the purposes of determining the quantity of psilocybin under the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), the weight of the prohibited drug includes the total weight of the mushrooms in which psilocybin is naturally found, not merely the weight of the extractable pure psilocybin.

Case Details

Citation[2024] NSWCCA 34

CourtNSWCCA

JurisdictionNew South Wales

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