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NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2011 : findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)

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Title

NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets 2011 : findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)

Collection

NT trends in ecstasy and related drug markets; Reports; PublicationNT

Date

2011

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Notes

Date:2011; Australian drug trends series No. 80

Language

English

Subject

Drug abuse surveys -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Ecstasy (Drug) -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Drug abuse -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals

Publisher name

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales

Place of publication

Sydney (N.S.W)

ISBN

9780733430206

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/242182

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/610318

Page content

87 Figure 54: Number of infringement notices served for cultivation or possession of cannabis 1999/00-2010/11. Source: NT Office of Crime Prevention 7.3 Finalised drug offences Finalised offences for all drug categories decreased in 2010/11 (Figure 55). The greatest reduction was in the deal/traffic non-commercial quantity, where finalised offences more than halved from 364 in 2009/10 to 171 in 2010/11. There was also a notable reduction in possess/use finalised offences, from 403 in 2009/10 to 344 in 2010/11. The categories of deal/traffic commercial quantity and manufacture or cultivate saw modest decreases in the number of finalised offences. Figure 55 : Finalised offences for illicit drug-related crimes 2000/01-2010/11 * Data available for three quarters only: July 2010 to March 2011. Source: NT Office of Crime Prevention. 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 N u m b e r o f o ff e n ce s Deal/traffic commercial quantity Deal/traffic non-commercial quantity Manufacture or cultivate Possess and/or use 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 1 9 9 9 /0 0 2 0 0 0 /0 1 2 0 0 1 /0 2 2 0 0 2 /0 3 2 0 0 3 /0 4 2 0 0 4 /0 5 2 0 0 5 /0 6 2 0 0 6 /0 7 2 0 0 7 /0 8 2 0 0 8 /0 9 2 0 0 9 /1 0 2 0 1 0 /1 1 Fo r p e rs o n al u se Fo r cu lt iv at io n cultivate possess