I am informed by the Garda authorities that the information available relates to the number of persons charged with offences under the Misuse of Drugs Acts, 1977-1984 and the number of seizures in the Dublin Metropolitan Area and the country as a whole. The figures for 1990 are set out in the tabular statement below. As can be seen from these figures drug charges and seizures in the Dublin Metropolitan Area for 1990 represent approximately three quarters of the total corresponding figures for the whole country. Figures for 1991 are not yet available.
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