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The number of defendants found guilty at all courts for possession of, and dealing in, certain drugs, by sentence, England and Wales 1997 to 2007( 1, 2, 3)
Period	Offence description	Found guilty	Total sentenced	Immediate custody	Community sentence( 4)	Drug t reatment and testing o rder( 5)	Fine	Otherwise dealt with
1997	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	17,275	17,227	268	1,505	n/a	11,890	3,564
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	2,499	2,475	1,129	917	n/a	212	217
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cannabis and cannabis resin.	1,414	1,400	650	493	n/a	145	112
	Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA.	1,048	1,049	62	282	n/a	564	141
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: MDMA.	544	537	410	89	n/a	15	23
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : MDMA.	310	301	228	53	n/a	9	11
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine.	1,050	1,046	70	237	n/a	624	115
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cocaine.	291	287	228	32	n/a	10	17
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cocaine.	137	134	102	24	n/a	4	4
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Crack cocaine.	195	194	20	38	n/a	104	32
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Crack cocaine.	38	37	32	3	n/a	1	1
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Crack cocaine.	66	67	57	4	n/a	4	2
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin.	3,248	3,250	319	1,078	n/a	1,138	715
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Heroin.	744	726	604	83	n/a	8	31
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Heroin.	789	779	659	90	n/a	11	19
	Total	29,648	29,509	4,838	4,928	n/a	14,739	5,004
1998	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	22,643	22,616	410	2,042	n/a	15,503	4,661
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	2,648	2,713	1,284	990	n/a	244	195
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cannabis and cannabis resin.	1,442	1,458	656	509	n/a	155	138
	Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA.	753	743	51	185	n/a	408	99
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: MDMA.	304	291	217	51	n/a	11	12
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : MDMA.	246	249	179	46	n/a	5	19
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine.	1,644	1,642	103	349	n/a	1,003	187
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cocaine.	334	332	260	48	n/a	9	15
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cocaine.	223	213	161	30	n/a	14	8
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Crack cocaine.	369	361	48	91	n/a	192	30
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Crack cocaine.	88	85	73	8	n/a	3	1
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Crack cocaine.	91	84	68	7	n/a	6	3
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin.	4,331	4,311	500	1,493	n/a	1,505	813
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Heroin.	822	830	656	131	n/a	13	30
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Heroin.	892	903	737	119	n/a	7	40
	Total	36,830	36,831	5,403	6,099	n/a	19,078	6,251
1999	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	22,623	22,672	451	2,148	-	15,215	4,858
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	2,246	2,316	1,112	789	-	197	218
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cannabis and cannabis resin.	1,168	1,209	573	438	-	116	82
	Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA.	1,262	1,253	69	344	-	681	159
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: MDMA.	451	454	338	84	-	16	16
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : MDMA.	231	227	173	39	-	6	9
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine.	2,039	2,035	146	409	-	1,243	237
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cocaine.	346	345	282	42	-	8	13
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cocaine.	322	310	262	29	-	10	9
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Crack cocaine.	491	483	50	119	-	246	68
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Crack cocaine.	74	72	62	6	-	2	2
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Crack cocaine.	116	122	107	10	-	2	3
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin.	4,814	4,836	591	1,626	3	1,660	956
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Heroin.	883	912	741	117	-	18	36
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Heroin.	1,144	1,126	953	126	1	6	40
	Total	38,210	38,372	5,910	6,326	4	19,426	6,706
2000( 6)	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	20,602	20,676	361	1,967	1	13,539	4,808
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	1,802	1,859	808	725	2	150	174
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cannabis and cannabis resin.	842	870	405	318	-	68	79
	Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA.	1,955	1,978	108	568	1	1,014	287
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: MDMA.	736	736	520	162	-	20	34
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : MDMA.	327	335	234	78	-	10	13
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine.	1,875	1,884	140	418	-	1,117	209
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cocaine.	364	350	295	34	1	10	10
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cocaine.	258	246	193	32	-	8	13
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Crack cocaine.	502	506	63	124	-	265	54
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Crack cocaine.	90	90	83	3	-	1	3
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Crack cocaine.	98	109	95	10	-	1	3
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin.	5,068	5,082	605	1,698	18	1,703	1,058
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Heroin.	921	943	792	102	3	8	38
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Heroin.	1,229	1,279	1,069	169	3	6	32
	Total	36,669	36,943	5,771	6,408	29	17,920	6,815
2001	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	20,752	20,736	290	1,993	21	12,960	5,472
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	1,358	1,401	618	535	8	100	140
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cannabis and cannabis resin.	613	623	265	241	2	60	55
	Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA.	2,493	2,485	151	796	7	1,201	330
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: MDMA.	960	982	690	231	4	20	37
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : MDMA.	376	377	252	87	1	14	23
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine.	1,968	1,977	147	468	21	1,107	234
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cocaine.	456	444	359	53	8	9	15
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cocaine.	300	288	235	32	6	5	10
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Crack cocaine.	633	626	75	170	13	281	87
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Crack cocaine.	121	118	93	12	2	5	6
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Crack cocaine.	134	136	117	13	4	-	2
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin.	5,411	5,436	635	1,651	154	1,856	1,140
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Heroin.	1,004	1,023	848	99	20	24	32
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Heroin.	1,203	1,216	1,000	130	39	5	42
	Total	37,782	37,868	5,775	6,511	310	17,647	7,625
2002	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	23,655	23,627	241	2,674	28	14,123	6,561
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	1,388	1,383	547	631	1	103	101
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cannabis and cannabis resin.	592	598	258	226	3	51	60
	Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA.	2,165	2,170	100	629	7	1,078	356
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: MDMA.	830	843	578	212	3	22	28
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : MDMA.	365	364	216	113	4	13	18
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine.	2,230	2,233	142	469	10	1,332	280
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cocaine.	554	538	430	73	4	13	18
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cocaine.	371	367	311	32	4	8	12
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Crack cocaine.	802	786	87	181	7	394	117
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Crack cocaine.	179	161	131	24	1	2	3
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Crack cocaine.	142	133	116	13	4	-	-
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin.	5,042	5,040	560	1,434	150	1,758	1,138
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Heroin.	962	945	774	87	30	9	45
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Heroin.	1,234	1,243	1,044	111	38	4	46
	Total	40,511	40,431	5,535	6,909	294	18,910	8,783
2003	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	25,714	25,665	288	3,103	55	15,172	7,047
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	1,470	1,462	475	748	15	111	113
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cannabis and cannabis resin.	522	514	222	213	4	33	42
	Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA.	2,009	2,001	81	569	7	1,023	321
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: MDMA.	746	743	461	212	7	24	39
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : MDMA.	219	218	127	62	4	10	15
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine.	2,448	2,455	153	528	18	1,411	345
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cocaine.	687	682	564	63	11	19	25
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cocaine.	456	468	409	38	3	5	13
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Crack cocaine.	868	862	109	226	11	381	135
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Crack cocaine.	238	235	195	27	5	2	6
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Crack cocaine.	227	211	180	8	13	2	8
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin.	4,556	4,563	484	1,173	191	1,541	1,174
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Heroin.	1,100	1,121	884	142	50	12	33
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Heroin.	1,308	1,350	1,095	126	83	7	39
	Total	42,568	42,550	5,727	7,238	477	19,753	9,355
2004( 7)	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	13,320	13,302	161	2,390	45	6,972	3,734
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	1247	1210	420	604	8	79	99
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cannabis and cannabis resin.	456	444	156	204	5	43	36
	Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA.	1,853	1,849	60	598	7	840	344
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: MDMA.	603	603	394	166	10	10	23
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : MDMA.	172	165	100	54	2	5	4
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine.	2,740	2,737	132	571	35	1,516	483
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cocaine.	792	796	658	92	12	14	20
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cocaine.	446	442	371	49	13	3	6
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Crack cocaine.	862	846	79	202	39	328	198
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Crack cocaine.	247	232	190	31	7	3	1
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Crack cocaine.	266	239	196	25	8	-	10
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin.	4,256	4,258	428	1,113	238	1,405	1,074
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Heroin.	1,175	1,145	913	125	64	3	40
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Heroin.	1,415	1,409	1,164	121	94	7	23
	Total	29,850	29,677	5,422	6,345	587	11,228	6,095
2005	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	12,095	12,050	136	2415	17	6316	3166
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	993	950	272	513	13	62	90
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cannabis and cannabis resin.	393	367	135	153	6	25	48
	Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA.	1,677	1,672	61	513	18	761	319
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: MDMA.	557	551	342	156	9	8	36
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : MDMA.	187	172	91	50	9	7	15
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine.	3,183	3,161	154	727	43	1,731	506
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cocaine.	956	930	748	104	25	14	39
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cocaine.	490	451	316	62	32	14	27
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Crack cocaine.	925	921	107	228	34	386	166
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Crack cocaine.	318	303	246	22	14	7	14
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Crack cocaine.	276	265	198	30	27	1	9
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin.	3,955	3,943	384	1,026	215	1,230	1,088
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Heroin.	1,123	1,118	848	146	79	5	40
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Heroin.	1,305	1,252	902	156	145	5	44
	Total	28,433	28,106	4,940	6,301	686	10,572	5,607
2006	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	12,536	12,452	141	2526	1	6368	3416
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	957	884	240	378	-	29	237
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cannabis and cannabis resin.	385	352	101	118	-	21	112
	Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA.	1,539	1,524	62	478	-	672	312
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: MDMA.	434	419	256	77	1	10	75
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : MDMA.	169	164	81	45	1	14	23
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine.	4,001	3,981	187	981	3	2,055	755
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cocaine.	1,006	986	774	92	2	9	109
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cocaine.	502	502	358	65	4	12	63
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Crack cocaine.	975	973	86	290	2	392	203
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Crack cocaine.	300	298	231	44	1	3	19
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Crack cocaine.	278	272	202	37	-	4	29
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin.	3,961	3,939	370	1,200	8	1,159	1,202
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Heroin.	1,103	1,101	847	150	5	8	91
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Heroin.	1,181	1,166	810	192	18	-	146
	Total	29,327	29,013	4,746	6,673	46	10,756	6,792
2007	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	14,073	14,004	162	3,009	-	6,839	3,994
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cannabis and cannabis resin.	958	910	232	340	-	32	306
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cannabis and cannabis resin.	367	354	101	120	-	29	104
	Having possession of a controlled drug: MDMA.	1,590	1,571	70	505	-	618	378
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: MDMA.	513	509	276	87	-	7	139
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : MDMA.	169	158	73	34	-	2	49
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Cocaine.	4,901	4,882	213	1,350	-	2,307	1,012
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Cocaine.	1,171	1,165	837	119	-	19	190
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Cocaine.	542	526	353	70	-	6	97
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Crack cocaine.	1,236	1,211	106	368	-	409	328
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Crack cocaine.	369	364	276	45	1	3	39
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Crack cocaine.	255	261	206	28	-	1	26
	Having possession of a controlled drug: Heroin.	4,664	4,628	416	1,428	1	1,335	1,448
	Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply: Heroin.	1,144	1,138	877	136	3	6	116
	Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug, (or being concerned in) : Heroin.	1,178	1,159	829	149	-	4	177
	Total	33,130	32,840	5,027	7,788	5	11,617	8,403
(1) These data are on the principal-offence basis (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) The 'total sentenced' column may exceed the 'found guilty' column, as it may be the case that a defendant was found guilty in one year and sentenced in the following year. (4) Excludes Drug Treatment and Testing Order which is given separately. (5) Following a pilot study, rolled out across England and Wales from October 2000. (6) Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. (7) Cannabis was re-classified to a class C drug in January 2004. Re-classification to class B was made in January 2009. n/a not available. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Evidence and Analysis Unit

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