Table 10 Persons⁽¹⁾ found guilty, cautioned, given a fiscal fine or dealt with by compounding for drug offences by drug type, Scotland


										Number of persons

Type of drug	1994	1995 ⁽³⁾	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003


Class A
Cocaine (excluding Crack)	17	25	39	57	104	158	146	191	213	263
Crack	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Heroin	135	228	179	488	943	1,367	1,056	1,147	1,125	956
LSD	191	116	43	59	64	44	17	8	1	1
Ecstasy-type	117	216	229	437	265	311	354	482	508	552
Methadone⁽³⁾	12	10	15	50	46	51	50	31	21	18

Class B
Amphetamines	671	640	587	892	1,125	966	576	280	271	298
Cannabis	3,742	3,605	2,643	4,765	6,018	5,786	4,656	4,177	4,493	3,821

Class C
Anabolic steroids	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

	452	488	331	647	608	626	405	477	583	538
	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
All drugs	6,534	6,181	3,457	6,305	7,861	7,859	6,324	6,051	6,520	5,788


(1) As the same person may be found guilty, cautioned or dealt with by compounding for offences involving more than one drug, rows cannot be added together to produce sub-totals or totals.
(2) Includes unrecorded drug type.
(3) From 1994 to 1995 figures for dipipanone and methadones are included in 'other'.