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Drug Seizures by Scottish Police Forces, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006

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Table 4 The number of seizures of class C drugs made by Police by drug type and year, Scotland

Drug Type

1995/1996

1996/1997

1997/1998

1998/1999

1999/2000

2000/2001

2001/2002

2002/2003

2003/2004

2004/2005

2005/2006

Cannabis resin

10,086

10,228

12,660

13,767

12,345

11,808

14,136

15,987

16,527

17,823

17,397

Cannabis plants

268

262

182

135

93

93

97

145

183

163

189

Cannabis herbal

572

1,064

482

517

439

425

574

1158

1,387

1,747

2,231

Cannabis oil

14

6

10

5

10

3

4

5

7

2

1

Total Cannabis1

10,563

11,047

13,023

14,073

12,616

12,077

14,519

16,758

17,485

19,215

19,148

Temazepam

429

645

337

527

220

90

174

198

291

140

79

Benzodiazepines

298

438

511

690

609

571

805

1,700

1,176

1,658

1,552

GHB

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

2

Anabolic Steroids

0

0

0

0

1

3

5

10

6

8

10

Other class C

145

119

122

109

66

38

24

24

21

29

18

Total2

11,098

11,781

13,539

14,823

13,109

12,447

15,153

18,040

18,471

20,546

20,353

1.As a seizure can involve more than one type of cannabis, figures for individual drug type cannot be added together to produce totals. Therefore the totals of individual preparations can sum up to more than the total number of cannabis seizures.
2. see note 3.

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