Table 5
Cases completed in adult criminal and youth courts, by type of offence and type of drug, Canada, 2008/2009 to 2011/2012
Type of drug violation | Adult criminal | Youth | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
number | percent | number | percent | |
Completed cannabis-related cases | ||||
Possession | 58,938 | 79 | 13,972 | 84 |
Trafficking | 10,470 | 14 | 2,591 | 15 |
Import/export | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Production | 5,369 | 7 | 157 | 1 |
Total completed cannabis-related cases | 74,806 | 100 | 16,722 | 100 |
Completed cocaine-related cases | ||||
Possession | 20,954 | 52 | 854 | 43 |
Trafficking | 18,595 | 47 | 1,131 | 57 |
Import/export | 183 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Production | 247 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Total completed cocaine-related cases | 39,979 | 100 | 1,994 | 100 |
Completed heroin-related cases | ||||
Possession | 1,103 | 47 | 25 | 46 |
Trafficking | 1,216 | 51 | 27 | 50 |
Import/export | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Production | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total completed heroin-related cases | 2,372 | 100 | 54 | 100 |
Completed methamphetamine-related (crystal meth) cases | ||||
Possession | 1,879 | 73 | 229 | 65 |
Trafficking | 662 | 26 | 122 | 35 |
Import/export | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Production | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total completed crystal meth-related cases | 2,590 | 100 | 351 | 100 |
Completed methylenedioxyamphetamine-related (ecstasy) cases | ||||
Possession | 864 | 64 | 276 | 69 |
Trafficking | 483 | 36 | 122 | 31 |
Import/export | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Production | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total completed ecstasy-related cases | 1,360 | 100 | 398 | 100 |
Completed cases related to other CDSA substances | ||||
Possession | 10,347 | 64 | 1,469 | 67 |
Trafficking | 5,191 | 32 | 721 | 33 |
Import/export | 149 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Production | 388 | 2 | 18 | 1 |
Total completed cases related to other CDSA substances | 16,075 | 100 | 2,209 | 100 |
Completed drug-related cases | ||||
Possession | 94,085 | 69 | 16,825 | 77 |
Trafficking | 36,617 | 27 | 4,714 | 22 |
Import/export | 405 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Production | 6,075 | 4 | 183 | 1 |
Total completed drug-related cases | 137,182 | 100 | 21,728 | 100 |
Note: A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final decision. Cases in this table represent a subset of completed adult criminal and youth court cases from 2008/2009 to 2011/2012. This subset includes all completed cases over this period where at least one charge was drug related and where the case was linked to police records. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting Survey linked database, 2008/2009 to 2011/2012. |
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