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Table 1 Police-reported drug offences, by type of drug

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Police-reported drug offences, by type of drug
  Cannabis Cocaine Other drugs Total drug offences
  number rate1
1997 47,933 11,468 6,163 66,593 222.7
1998 50,917 12,182 7,822 70,921 235.2
1999 60,011 11,963 8,168 80,142 263.6
2000 66,274 12,829 8,988 88,091 287.0
2001 67,921 12,145 9,329 89,395 288.2
2002 69,687 12,737 10,357 92,781 295.7
2003 61,087 14,225 11,473 86,791 274.0
2004 67,895 16,974 12,755 97,630 305.1
2005 60,492 19,270 13,897 93,664 289.9
2006 59,521 22,383 14,266 96,175 294.6
2007 62,510 22,819 15,344 100,675 305.3
Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.