Table 8 Persons⁽¹⁾ found guilty, cautioned, given a fiscal fine or dealt with by compounding for drug offences by sex and age, 2003, Scotland


									Number of persons
	Unlawful production		Unlawful supply		Possession with		Unlawful possession		Unlawful import	Permitting prems to be	Dealing	Trafficking
Age group					intent to supply				or export	used for unlaw
					unlawfully					purposes


					Males
Under 17	-		6		-		138		-
17 and under 21	1		25		21		1,081		1
21 and under 25	1		54		35		897		-
25 and under 30	4		57		25		788		-
30 and over	13		127		72		1,061		-
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All ages	19		269		153		3,965		1

					Females
Under 17	-		-		-		11		-
17 and under 21	-		2		15		64		-
21 and under 25	-		9		21		90		-
25 and under 30	-		10		3		100		-
30 and over	-		31		25		159		-
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All ages	-		52		64		424		-
					All persons
Under 17	-		6		-		149		-	-	-	-
17 and under 21	1		27		36		1,145		1	0
21 and under 25	1		63		56		987		-	0
25 and under 30	4		67		28		888		-	0
30 and over	13		158		97		1,220		-	0
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All ages	19		321		217		4,389		1	0

(1) Does not include other offences, other misuse of Drugs Act offences and permitting premises to be used unlawfully.