Source : Drug-related offences

Statistics on drug-related offences recorded by the police are available from quarterly statistical returns made by the Scottish police forces to the Scottish Executive Justice Department.

Statistics on persons prosecuted for drug-related offences are available from the Scottish Executive Justice Department's court proceedings database. They are derived from the information on court proceedings held on the police operational computer at the Scottish Criminal Record Office.

Offences are recorded in the year in which the offence was committed. If a person was sentenced for drug offences on more than one occasion during a single year, each occasion is recorded separately. Offenders with more than one offence (dealt with at the same court appearance) are counted as a single offender in the total number of offenders, and are classified by the main offence (i.e. the one with the severest penalty).

For further information contact: Julie Bright

Drug Misuse In Scotland 2001
This is an ISD Scotland National Statistics release

For further information please contact: Elaine Parry