Table 5
Cases completed in adult criminal and youth courts, by type of offence and type of drug, Canada, 2008/2009 to 2011/2012

Table summary
This table displays the results of Cases completed in adult criminal and youth courts, by type of offence and type of drug, Canada, 2008/2009 to 2011/2012. The information is grouped by Type of drug violation (appearing as row headers), Adult criminal and Youth, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
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
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