We address issues arising from a wide range of drugs including alcohol, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, heroin, amphetamines, cannabis and other illicit drugs.

Armed incidents targeting hydroponically grown cannabis also continue to be of concern.

Section 3 Australia’s criminal environment 15 S3 AUSTRALIA’S CRIM INAL ENVIRONM ENT Table 3.1: Key substances in the Australian illicit drug market 2022–23 Substance Market characteristics Cannabis Serious and organised crime (SOC) groups are well established in the Australian cannabis market, although they do not dominate it.

Drugs Cannabis is the most abused non - medical drug in South Australia, but there is a definite trend towards the use of hard drugs, particularly Heroin.

(2) Subclause (1) applies to the following offences: (a) an indictable offence; (b) common assault or an offence of violence; (c) an offence against the Controlled Substances Act 1984 involving a prohibited substance or a drug of dependence, other than a simple cannabis offence within the meaning of section 45A of that Act; (d) an offence against the Firearms Act 1977, other than an offence against section 15C, 18, 21A, 21AB or 26 of that Act; (e) an offence against section 15 or 15A of the Summary Offences Act 1953; (1) an offence against the Police Act 1998; (g) an offence against the Listening and Surveillance Devices Act 1972; (h) an offence against the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 of the Commonwealth; (i) an offence against the Act or these regulations or the repealed Commercial and Private Agents Act 1986 or regulations made under that Act; (j) an offence substantially similar to any of the above offences against the law of another place

There is cannabis.

New Legislation The following new legislation came into operation during the year: Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs Act, 1974; this Act redefined Indian Hemp as any plant of the genus Cannabis.

Seizures included 49 firearms; 69 kg methamphetamine; 354 kg cannabis; 45 litres fantasy and over 10 000 ecstasy tablets.

As at 30 June Task Force Morpheus had resulted in: �� 906 people arrested on 2043 charges �� 441 search warrants executed �� 207 firearms and 6162 rounds of ammunition seized �� 12 motor vehicles and nine Harley Davidson motor cycles seized �� more than $1.35 million cash seized �� seizures of 43 kilograms and three litres of methylamphetamine, 55.7 kilograms of cannabis and 586 cannabis plants, 2703 steroid pills and other quantities of unlawfully possessed substances including prescription drugs.

Quantities of illicit commodities including cannabis, laboratory glassware, precursor chemicals, and amphetamines were located in the execution of associated search warrants.