Sentencing decision for production of methamphetamine contrary to s. 7(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
The accused participated in a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory as part of Project Odeon, a large-scale drug network investigation.
The accused played a lower-to-middle level role in the hierarchy.
Aggravating factors included participation in commercial drug production.
Mitigating factors included no prior criminal record, guilty plea, genuine remorse, positive rehabilitative prospects, and collateral consequences from interrupted medical treatment during pre-sentence custody.
The court imposed a 5-year sentence less pre-sentence custody credit, with 2 years probation.
