Read the full judgment text of HCCC 000164/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 October 2001.
1. This is my ruling in a hearing which I held on the extent to which the relatively new dangerous drug ketamine is abused in Hong Kong and on the extent of the harm that results from abusing this drug. Such a hearing resembles a Newton hearing but is not exactly the same. In R v Newton (1982) 77 Crim. App. R. 13 the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in England laid down the procedure to be followed by sentencing judges for the purpose of resolving the conflict which arises when the prosecutio
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