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102,000 reported drug offences in 2008 in Canada
Posted on Jul 28, 2009
The latest Statistics Canada report concludes there were about 102,000 reported drug offences in 2008. Half of those were the drug charge "possession of cannabis" - a 5 percent increase from 2007.
In 2007, 13 percent of all cannabis offences were for trafficking and 11 percent for production. 60 percent of cannabis production were in a residence, 32 percent in an open field, and 3 percent in a commercial location.
Read the full Statistics Canada Study: Trends in police-reported drug offences here.
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