People charged and convicted of drug offences December 2021 [xlsx, 276 KB]
...Example interpretation: In 2021, there was a 22% decrease in the number of charges for drug offences (from 15,432 charges in 2020 to 12,042 in 2021). Since 2012, the number of charges for drug offences has fallen by 40%. This long-term decrease is mostly related to a decrease in cannabis offences, which have fallen by nearly two-thirds since 2012. However, the number of methamphetamine charges has increased by 65% between 2012 and 2020, overtaking cannabis offences for the first time in 2017,...