Table S2  Persons(1) found guilty, cautioned, given a fiscal fine or dealt with by compounding for drug offences by sex, offence and year, Scotland
                    Number of persons
Type of offence 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
                     
Males
Offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
   Unlawful production - cannabis            86            71            56            89            76            74            33            26            30            47
                - other drugs              2              5  -              3              2              2              5              3              2              1
                - all drugs            87            78            57          104            86            78            40            34            36 50
   Unlawful supply          274          325          312          530          735          808          672          547          526 492
   Possession with intent to supply unlawfully          506          404          249          384          573          451          319          282          223 168
   Unlawful possession - cannabis       3,163       3,084       2,168       3,960       4,913       4,727       3,791       3,555       3,860       3,247
                 - other drugs          787          806          709       1,308       1,492       1,590       1,179       1,223       1,339       1,407
                 - all drugs       3,752       3,732       2,710       4,998       6,136       6,054       4,786       4,630       5,050       4,473
   Permitting premises to be used for unlawful purposes              6              4            12              5              7              5              6              3              4 2
   Other  Misuse of Drugs Act offences          181          223            96          195          168          181          224          329          295 204
   All Misuse of Drugs Act offences       4,253       4,307       3,075       5,664       6,962       6,916       5,616       5,468       5,836 5,155
Unlawful import or export(2)  -  -              2              1  -              1              2  -              3              1
Other offences involving drugs              3  -              1  -  -              1  -  -              1  -
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All drug offences       4,256       4,307       3,076       5,664       6,962       6,918       5,623       5,478       5,838 5,156
 Females
Offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
   Unlawful production - cannabis              8              6            10            12            10              8              2              2              2 1
                - other drugs              1              1              1  -  -              2  -              2              1  -
                - all drugs              9              7            11            12            11            11              2              4              3 1
   Unlawful supply            43            46            35            89          158          142          112            89          102 85
   Possession with intent to supply unlawfully            68            64            44            85          137          117            77            61            47 49
   Unlawful possession - cannabis          244          230          244          370          486          491          378          260          334          267
                - other drugs            95            83          103          195          271          295          211          186          219          252
                 - all drugs          319          303          326          527          713          737          555          425          538 504
   Permitting premises to be used for unlawful purposes              3  -              1              1              1              2              1              2              1 1
   Other  Misuse of Drugs Act offences            16            11              6            13            20            22            16            31            26 19
   All Misuse of Drugs Act offences          395          379          381          638          899          940          701          571          681 632
Unlawful import or export (2)  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Other offences involving drugs              1  -  -              3  -  -  -              2              1  -
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All drug offences          396          379          381          641          899          941          701          573 682 632
                     
(1)  As the same person may be found guilty, cautioned or dealt with by compounding for more than one offence, rows cannot be added together to produce sub-totals or totals.
(2)  Data on Import/Export offences are not available from Customs for 2000, 2002 and 2003.  Figures given are derived from police and court data.