Appendix E

Conviction Statistics for Drug Offences

The tables appearing in this appendix provide data on convictions and sentences under the Narcotic Control Act and the Food and Drugs Act, Parts III and IV, for the years 1970, 1971 and 1972. The tables were presented to the Commission by the Bureau of Dangerous Drugs of the Health Protection Branch, Department of National Health and Welfare.

The sections of Part IV of the Food and Drugs Act creating the offences of possession, trafficking and possession for the purpose of trafficking were renumbered in the Revised Statutes of Canada 1970. The B.D.D.'s conviction statistics for 1970 were released prior to publication of the Revised Statutes, with the result that they contained the previous numbering of these three sections. This is reflected in Tables E.48 to E.77 of this appendix in which these sections appear as 40(1), 41(1) and 41(2) respectively in 1970 and as 41(1), 42(1) and 42(2) respectively in 1971 and 1972.

In the fall of 1972 the Bureau of Dangerous Drugs, at the request of the Commission, prepared tabulations of convictions involving LSD and MDA during 1970 and 1971 by type of offence. These special tabulations reflected an increase in the total number of convictions involving these drugs over the totals presented in the Bureau's annual conviction statistics for those years. This increase is the result of convictions reported to the Bureau subsequent to the publication of its annual statistics. The Bureau's annual statistics of convictions involving LSD and MDA are presented in Tables E.48 to E.53; the special tabulations prepared at the request of the Commission are presented in Tables E.54 to E.77.

E. 1 Statement Showing Convictions Recorded Under the Narcotic Control Act in 1970     837
E. 2 Statement Showing Convictions Recorded Under the Narcotic Control Act in 1971     838
E. 3 Statement Showing Convictions Recorded Under the Narcotic Control Act in 1972     839
E. 4 Statement Showing Sentence Awarded by Province Under the Narcotic Control Act in 1970     840
E. 5 Statement Showing Sentence Awarded by Province Under the Narcotic Control Act in 1971     841
E. 6 Statement Showing Sentence Awarded by Province Under the Narcotic Control Act in 1972     842
E. 7 Statement Showing Age and Sex Groups by Province of Persons Convicted Under the Narcotic Control Act in 1970.     843
E. 8 Statement Showing Age and Sex Groups by Province of Persons Convicted Under the Narcotic Control Act in 1971     844
E. 9 Statement Showing Age and Sex Groups by Province of Persons Convicted Under the Narcotic Control Act in 1972     845
E.10 Statement of Convictions Involving Heroin in 1970     846
E 11 Statement of Convictions Involving Heroin in 1971     847
E.12 Statement of Convictions Involving Heroin in 1972     848
E.13 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1970—Section 3(1)—Possession     849
E.14 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1971—Section 3(1)—Possession     850
E.15 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1972—Section 3(1)—Possession     851
E.16 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1970—Section 4(1)—Trafficking     852
E.17 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1971—Section 4(1)—Trafficking     853
E.18 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1972—Section 4(1)—Trafficking     854
E.19 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1970—Section 4(2)—Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking     855
E.20 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1971—Section 4(2)—Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking     856
E.21 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1972—Section 4(2)—Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking....    857
E.22 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1970—Section 5(1)—Importing     858
E.23 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1971—Section 5(1)—Importing     859
E.24 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Heroin in 1972—Section 5(1)—Importing     860
E.25 Statement of Convictions Involving Methadone in 1970     861
E.26 Statement of Convictions Involving Methadone in 1971     862
E.27 Statement of Convictions Involving Methadone in 1972     863
E.28 Age Groups and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Methadone in 1970—Section 3(1)—Possession     864
E.29 Age Groups and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Methadone in 1971—Section 3(1)—Possession     865
E.30 Age Groups and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Methadone in 1972—Section 3(1)—Possession     866
E.31 Age Groups and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Methadone in 1970—Section 4(1)—Trafficking     867
E.32 Age Groups and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Methadone in 1971—Section 4(1)—Trafficking     868
E.33 Age Groups and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Methadone in 1972—Section 4(1)—Trafficking     869
E.34 Age Groups and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Methadone in 1971—Section 4(2)—Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking  870
E.35 Age Groups and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Methadone in 1972—Section 4(2)—Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking  871
E.36 Age Groups and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Methadone in 1970—Section 3(3) Reg'ns—Obtaining Drugs from More than One Physician  872
E.37 Age Groups and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Methadone in 1971—Section 3(3) Reg'ns—Obtaining Drugs from More than One Physician  873
E.38 Age Groups and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving Methadone in 1972—Section 3(3) Reg'ns—Obtaining Drugs from More than One Physician  874
E.39 Convictions Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part III, in 1970     875
E.40 Convictions Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part III, in 1971 .,.    876
E.41 Convictions Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part III, in 1972     877
E.42 Statement Showing Sentence Awarded by Province Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part III, in 1970     878
E.43 Statement Showing Sentence Awarded by Province under the Food and Drugs Act, Part III, in 1971     879
E.44 Statement Showing Sentence Awarded by Province Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part III, in 1972     880
E.45 Statement Showing Age and Sex Groups by Province of Persons Convicted Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part III, in 1970     881
E.46 Statement Showing Age and Sex Groups by Province of Persons Convicted Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part III, in 1971     882
E.47 Statement Showing Age and Sex Groups by Province of Persons Convicted Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part III, in 1972     883
E.48 Convictions Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part IV, in 1970     884
E.49 Convictions Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part IV, in 1971     885
E.50 Convictions Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part IV, in 1972     886
E.51 Statement Showing Age and Sex Groups by Province of Persons Convicted Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part IV, in 1970     887
E.52 Statement Showing Age and Sex Groups by Province of Persons Convicted Under the Food and Drugs Act, Part IV, in 1971     888
E.53 Statement Showing Age and Sex Groups by Province of Persons Convicted Under the Food add Drugs Act, Part IV, in 1972     889
E.54 Statement of Convictions Involving LSD in 1970     890
E.55 Statement of Convictions Involving LSD in 1971     891
E.56 Statement of Convictions Involving LSD in 1972     892
E.57 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving LSD in 1970—Section 40(1)—Possession     893
E.58 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving LSD in 1971—Section 41(1)—Possession     894
E.59 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving LSD in 1972—Section 41(1)—Possession     895
E.60 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving LSD in 1970—Section 41(1)—Trafficking     896
E.61 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving LSD in 1971—Section 42(1)—Trafficking     897
E.62 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving LSD in 1972—Section 42(1)—Trafficking     898
E.63 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving LSD in 1970—Section 41(2)—Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking     899
E.64 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving LSD in 1971—Section 42(2)—Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking     900
E.65 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving LSD in 1972—Section 42(2)—Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking     901
E.66 Statement of Convictions Involving MDA in 1970     902
E.67 Statement of Convictions Involving MDA in 1971     903
E.68 Statement of Convictions Involving MDA in 1972     904
E.69 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving MDA in 1970—Section 40(1)—Possession     905
E.70 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving MDA in 1971—Section 41(1)—Possession     906
E71 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving MDA in 1972—Section 41(1)--Possession     907
E.72 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving MDA in 1970—Section 41(1)—Trafficking     908
E.73 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving MDA in 1971—Section 42(1)—Trafficking     909
E.74 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving MDA in 1972—Section 42(1)—Trafficking     910
E.75 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases involving MDA in 1970—Section 41(2)—Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking     911
E.76 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving MDA in 1971—Section 42(2)—Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking    912
E.77 Age Group and Sentences Awarded in Cases Involving MDA in 1972—Section 42(2)—Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking     913