Isn't it funny that the police refused to release the identity of the drug that Cousins had but immediately released the identity of the drugs that this other joker had - coke, meth, cannabis - traditional "illegal" drugs.
Well the reports over here have Cousins possessing a few Valium or Diazepam tablets!
What no one appears to have picked up on (as the case was apparently adjourned for 3 months today so he could go back to the US and continue rehab and the charges have remained on foot) is that diazepam is NOT an illegal or prohibited drug to which the WA Misuse of Drugs Act applies to.
Not having a prescription is irrelevant. Diazepam is schedule 4 on the SUSDP and therefore schedule 4 in the Poisons Act. Only schedule 8 or 9 drugs are prohibited drugs unless they are specified. WA Parliament has specified additional drugs that are prohibited and diazepam is listed but only when "packaged for injection"!
So the point to this is that if Benny had Valium tablets he cannot be charged with possession of a prohibited drug. He has done nothing wrong other than have prescription drugs that are not illegal or prohibited without a prescription which people do all the time. Who has not shared antibiotics or sleeping tablets or panadeine forte with friends or family.
It is outrageous what has happened in that regard yet the jokers running the show on both sides of the coin don't know what they doing it seems!
Saying that, the fact that he looked completely trashed and refused to take a blood test has not assisted his cause.
Well the reports over here have Cousins possessing a few Valium or Diazepam tablets!
What no one appears to have picked up on (as the case was apparently adjourned for 3 months today so he could go back to the US and continue rehab and the charges have remained on foot) is that diazepam is NOT an illegal or prohibited drug to which the WA Misuse of Drugs Act applies to.
Not having a prescription is irrelevant. Diazepam is schedule 4 on the SUSDP and therefore schedule 4 in the Poisons Act. Only schedule 8 or 9 drugs are prohibited drugs unless they are specified. WA Parliament has specified additional drugs that are prohibited and diazepam is listed but only when "packaged for injection"!
So the point to this is that if Benny had Valium tablets he cannot be charged with possession of a prohibited drug. He has done nothing wrong other than have prescription drugs that are not illegal or prohibited without a prescription which people do all the time. Who has not shared antibiotics or sleeping tablets or panadeine forte with friends or family.
It is outrageous what has happened in that regard yet the jokers running the show on both sides of the coin don't know what they doing it seems!
Saying that, the fact that he looked completely trashed and refused to take a blood test has not assisted his cause.