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Introduction
This publication presents figures for drug seizures made by Police forces in Scotland in 2004/05 and 2005/06. The statistics in this publication relate to drugs controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, which divides drugs into three classes A, B and C. On 29 January 2004 cannabis was reclassified from class B to C. Other drugs have also changed classification during the collection period. For the purpose of this bulletin the drug classifications at the end of the reporting period, March 2006, have been applied to all data. This allows historic comparisons within this publication but care must be taken when comparing against other historical sources of information.
Figure 1 The number of seizures 1 of controlled drugs 1995/96 to 2005/06, Scotland
1 For the definition of a seizure see note 3
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