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099 Other drug offences

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Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC)
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Reference period
2023

0999 Drug offences, nec

This group includes other drug offences not elsewhere classified.

Inclusions:

  • Permit premises to be unlawfully used to administer, sell, or distribute drugs
  • Unlawfully display, or allow the display of, drug paraphernalia for sale in a retail outlet
  • Other drug-related offences not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:

  • Drink spiking – coded to 0491 Drug or poison a person
  • Driving while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs – coded to the relevant groups within 131 Drink or drug driving
  • Fail to keep register for drugs of addiction – coded to 1235 Pharmaceutical offences
  • Possess money from the sale of drugs – coded to 0740 Receive or handle proceeds of crime
  • Unsafe disposal, handling, or storage of pharmaceuticals – coded to 1235 Pharmaceutical offences