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Some drugs are illegal.
  

These are called ‘Class A’, ‘Class B’ or ‘Class C’ drugs.
  

It is a crime to buy them or have them on you.
  

The police call this ‘possession’.
  

It is a crime to sell them or give them away to someone else.
 

The police call this ‘supply’.
  

Class A drugs

• Heroin
    
• Cocaine
    
• Crack
   
• Ecstasy
    
• LSD.

You could get up to 7 years in prison or a fine for possession of these drugs.
  

You could get life in prison or a fine for supplying these drugs.

Class B drugs

• Cannabis
    
• Speed.

You could get up to 5 years in prison and a fine for possession of these drugs.
  

You could get up to 14 years in prison and a fine for supplying these drugs.
   

Class C

• Steroids
    
• Tranquillisers
    
• Ketamine.

You could get up to 2 years in prison and a fine for possession of these drugs.
  

You could get up to 5 years in prison and a fine for supplying these drugs.