Profile and Projection of Drug Offences
In the Atlantic provinces (including Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick)
Figure 1. Number of adults charged with drug offences, by drug type, Atlantic provinces, 1977-1998
Source : Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR), Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
Description
Figure 1 above is a broken-line graph showing the number of adults charged with drug offences, by type of drug, in the Atlantic provinces from 1977 to 1998. The X axis shows the year; the Y axis shows the number of charges, in increments of 1,000, from 0 to 6,000. There are four broken lines: one (blue) showing charges involving cannabis; one (black) showing charges involving heroin; one (pink) showing charges involving cocaine; and one showing charges involving other drugs.
The number of charges in connection with cannabis during the period studied ranges from 1,593 to 5,435. There is an increase from 1977 to 1980. The number then decreases until 1992, and stabilizes at approximately 2,000 until 1998.
The number of cases in connection with heroin during the period studied remains very low, ranging from 0 to 17. It peaks in 1977, and then decreases, stabilizing at approximately one case per year until 1998.
The number of charges in connection with cocaine during the period studied range from 3 to 331. The trend is upward, with the number of cases increasing from 17 in 1977 to 285 in 1998.
The number of charges in connection with other drugs from 1977 to 1998 remains between 27 and 245. There is an initial first decrease from 1977 to 1986, and then an increase until 1998, when the number peaks at 245.
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