A sentence of 7 years' imprisonment with parole eligibility after 2 years is within the sound exercise of sentencing discretion for trafficking in multiple dangerous drugs over approximately six months through a sophisticated commercial enterprise involving broad social media advertising, even where the offender has no prior criminal history, early guilty pleas, substance use disorders, and reasonable prospects of rehabilitation. R v Smith [2018] QCA 228 is distinguishable where the trafficking involved multiple drugs rather than one, was intense, and involved broad advertising through social media.
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