Definition of Drug Supply: Which actions constitute supply?

• A. Transfer to another person
• B. Offering to supply
• C. Being concerned in supply
• D. All of the above

Answer: (D)

In UK drug law, “supply” is understood broadly to cover any act that transfers a controlled drug to another person, or makes such a transfer possible, including the steps that enable it. So transferring to someone else is supply because you’re handing the drug over. Offering to supply is also an offence on its own, even if the transfer never happens, because you’ve shown the intention and readiness to provide the drug. Being concerned in the supply means you’re involved in the process of getting the drug to another person—such as organizing, financing, transporting, or arranging it—even if you don’t physically hand it over yourself. Taken together, these elements show that the law targets not just the final act of handing over a drug, but the entire chain of activity that brings it to someone else. Hence, all of these actions amount to supply.