Pat Upton
Question:203 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Justice the number of people who were convicted for drug-related offences for each year since 1990. [1014/95]
Written Answers. - Drug Related Offences: Statistics.
Statistics are not compiled in a manner to distinguish those crimes which are drug-related, in the widest interpretation of those terms, from those which are not. It would not always be possible for investigating gardaí to say for certain whether a particular crime was drug-related.
Statistics relating to persons convicted of offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977, are available and are as follows:—
|
Year |
No. of persons convicted for offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977. |
|
1990 |
1,471 |
|
1991 |
2,265 |
|
1992 |
2,506 |
|
1993 |
2,425 |
Official figures for 1994 are not yet available.