How many people convicted of possessing (a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) cannabis, (d) amphetamines and (e) ecstasy in each of the last two yea…

The available information is given in the following table. Whilst information is held on persons sentenced to a community payback order, this cannot be linked to directly to those also receiving a requirement to carry out a drug programme.
Persons with a Charge Proved for Possession of Selected Drugs 1,2, by Result, 2008-09 to 2010-11
Drug / result
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
Heroin



Custody
105
134
126
Community payback order
0
0
4
Drug treatment and testing order
52
52
47
Monetary
748
847
776
Other
449
399
495
All
1,354
1,432
1,448
Cocaine


Custody
20
31
11
Community payback order
0
0
1
Drug treatment and testing order
5
3
1
Monetary
579
1,145
903
Other
81
138
124
All
685
1,317
1,040
Cannabis



Custody
19
38
30
Community payback order
0
0
0
Drug treatment and testing order
3
5
5
Monetary
637
774
990
Other
229
268
304
All
888
1,085
1,329
Amphetamines



Custody
2
5
5
Community payback order
0
0
0
Drug treatment and testing order
0
0
1
Monetary
62
110
99
Other
22
30
34
All
86
145
139
Ecstasy


Custody
4
1
1
Community payback order
0
0
0
Drug treatment and testing order
0
1
0
Monetary
276
118
72
Other
47
33
23
All
327
153
96
Notes:
1. Where Main Offence.
2. The Criminal History System, from which these data are derived, contains an offence modifier code for a crime or offence which provides additional information for the specific incident as opposed to the actual charge. This code has been used here to identify the type of drug involved in drugs possession offences, however it should be noted that only around half the records on the CHS for drugs offences contain details of the drug(s) involved.