The Facts

• Every year about 40,000 people in the UK are arrested for drug offences.
• About 38,000 of these get caught with a small amount of cannabis, a ‘tab’ or two, or a couple of E.
• What happens to them depends on the Class of drug they’re caught with and, amongst other things, what they plan to do with it.
• The law divides drugs into three classes - A, B and C.
• Class A drugs carry the heaviest penalties.