Table S21 Persons(1) found guilty, cautioned, given a fiscal fine or dealt with by compounding for drug offences involving cannabis by type of offence and year, and sentence or order given in 2003, Scotland
																						Number of persons
													Break down by type of offence and sentence or order given, 2003
															Found guilty
																				Imprisonment
Type of offence		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003		Cautioned	Fiscal fine	Total	Absolute or	Community	Probation	Fine	Immediate	Fully	Other
																conditional	Service	Order		Custody (2)	suspended
																discharge	Order
Offences under Drugs Acts:
Unlawful production		94	77	66	101	86	82	35	28	32	48		-	-	48	-	2	7	26	6	-	7
Unlawful supply		202	209	201	346	524	520	406	284	275	253		-	4	249	-	28	57	61	91	-	12
Possession with intent to supply unlawfully		376	253	166	247	396	323	212	164	105	79		-	3	76	-	11	13	24	23	-	5
Unlawful possession		3,410	3,313	2,411	4,326	5,393	5,212	4,170	3,813	4,188	3,514		105	608	2,801	17	107	51	2,201	63	-	362
Permitting premises to be used		8	2	7	3	6	5	6	4	3	1		-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
for unlawful purposes
Other Drugs Act offences		21	17	20	44	93	93	54	39	2	5		-	-	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	1
All Drugs Act offences		4,111	3,605	2,643	4,765	6,017	5,782	4,653	4,173	4,493	3,820		105	611	3,104	17	141	114	2,287	170	-	375
Unlawful import or export(3)		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1		-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Other offences		-	3	1	-	1	5	4	6	1	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All offences		3,742	3,605	2,643	4,765	6,018	5,786	4,656	4,177	4,493	3,821		105	611	3,105	17	141	114	2,287	170	-	375
(1) As the same person may be found guilty of or cautioned for more than one offence, rows cannot be added together to produce totals. A person who is found guilty of more than one different type of offence is counted against each type of offence under th
	for all drugs act offences and all offences.
(2) Unsuspended imprisonment and youth sentences.
(3) A breakdown by type of disposal for import and export offences is not available from Customs data for 2000-2003. This is an estimate based on a ratio distribution of the total number of import and export offenders to the various drug offences.