What are the different types of drug related charges?

Canada outlines a wide range of drug and controlled-substance related offences in the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; these include relatively minor marijuana possession charges as well as very serious crimes such as large-scale cocaine importation. The following are the types of drug related charges:

∙ Drug possession

∙ Drug trafficking/distribution

∙ Drug manufacturing/production

∙ Drug importing/exporting