If you are found in possession of illicit drugs, and a large quantity of drugs is seized, the next question investigating police officers will look for is whether these drugs were for trafficking. Other factors include drug paraphernalia (such as a scale), large amount of money, and name lists. Drugs are classified under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (“CDSA”) by how serious the government determines them to be and are labelled from Schedule 1 to 5. For example, Schedule 1 contains substances such as cocaine and heroin. Schedule 3 contains “designer drugs” such as LSD and ecstasy. Marijuana (or cannabis) used to be governed by the CDSA until the new Cannabis Act came into effect. The Cannabis Act sets out the new regime for regulating cannabis. The classifications under the CDSA are important as they determine the severity of punishment a person is liable for if convicted. Trafficking refers to selling, administering, giving, transferring, transporting, sending, delivering or offering to do any of these actions, of a controlled substance. The definition of trafficking is exceptionally broad and could include anything from a cocaine trafficking ring to sharing a marijuana joint with a friend. The charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking is dependent upon the likelihood that the drugs will be trafficked in the future – a person accused of drug trafficking does not have to actually sell the drug in order to be charged. As mentioned earlier, offering to sell suffices.