asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons charged with drug abuse in each year since 1971.
Written Answers. - Drug Abuse.
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, Limerick East): While drug abuse may involve one or more offences against the law, it is not itself a specific offence. Statistics of offences against the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977, and other related statistics are set out in some detail in the annual crime reports of the Commissioner, Garda Síochána, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library.