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Drug charge articles from Daniel Brown Law, covering possession, trafficking, importing, production, and mandatory minimum sentences in Ontario.
House arrest in Ontario is usually part of a conditional sentence: a jail sentence of less than two years that a judge lets you serve at home, under strict conditions, instead of in jail. It is available only where the offence is not excluded by section 742.1 of the Criminal Code and the judge is satisfied it is safe and fits the principles of sentencing. Breaking it can send you to jail for the rest of the term.
Daniel Brown Law defends cannabis production and grow-op charges in Toronto, Ontario. In Ontario an adult can legally grow up to four cannabis plants per household, at home, from legal seeds or plants. Growing a fifth or sixth plant can be dealt with by a $200 ticket. Beyond that, or with illicit seed, or anywhere other than your home, it is a criminal offence under section 12 of the Cannabis Act with a maximum of 14 years.