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Other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, possession

One offence, every year it appears in the survey. Within drugs, Newfoundland and Labrador.

96 Reported to police 17 per 100,000 people
10 Led to a charge 10 in 100 reports
13 People charged
10 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 50 100 150 2001998 — Someone charged: 91998 — Solved another way: 41998 — No one charged: 391999 — Someone charged: 111999 — Solved another way: 71999 — No one charged: 322000 — Someone charged: 192000 — Solved another way: 42000 — No one charged: 312001 — Someone charged: 82001 — Solved another way: 52001 — No one charged: 222002 — Someone charged: 32002 — Solved another way: 22002 — No one charged: 262003 — Someone charged: 62003 — Solved another way: 52003 — No one charged: 232004 — Someone charged: 72004 — Solved another way: 102004 — No one charged: 302005 — Someone charged: 112005 — Solved another way: 82005 — No one charged: 302006 — Someone charged: 92006 — Solved another way: 72006 — No one charged: 262007 — Someone charged: 152007 — Solved another way: 62007 — No one charged: 212008 — Someone charged: 192008 — Solved another way: 42008 — No one charged: 402009 — Someone charged: 172009 — Solved another way: 92009 — No one charged: 692010 — Someone charged: 252010 — Solved another way: 82010 — No one charged: 982011 — Someone charged: 222011 — Solved another way: 32011 — No one charged: 1222012 — Someone charged: 322012 — Solved another way: 62012 — No one charged: 1212013 — Someone charged: 232013 — Solved another way: 102013 — No one charged: 1092014 — Someone charged: 152014 — Solved another way: 92014 — No one charged: 812015 — Someone charged: 172015 — Solved another way: 62015 — No one charged: 922016 — Someone charged: 142016 — Solved another way: 92016 — No one charged: 592017 — Someone charged: 172017 — Solved another way: 42017 — No one charged: 992018 — Someone charged: 92018 — Solved another way: 52018 — No one charged: 822019 — Someone charged: 82019 — Solved another way: 12019 — No one charged: 562020 — Someone charged: 82020 — Solved another way: 12020 — No one charged: 482021 — Someone charged: 42021 — Solved another way: 42021 — No one charged: 622022 — Someone charged: 52022 — Solved another way: 62022 — No one charged: 562023 — Someone charged: 72023 — Solved another way: 52023 — No one charged: 632024 — Someone charged: 102024 — Solved another way: 42024 — No one charged: 752025 — Someone charged: 102025 — Solved another way: 72025 — No one charged: 7919982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 10 Solved another way 7 No one charged 79

Each bar is the year's total reports. The segments show what happened: a charge was laid, the case was solved another way, or no one was charged. Figures beside each colour are for 2025.

52 in 1998, 96 in 2025. The highest year on record is 2012. A single year moving up or down is ordinary; the shape across the whole series is the part worth reading.

Year by year figures
YearIncidents reportedLed to a charge People chargedCharged per 100 reports Per 100,000 people Unfounded
2025 96 1013 10 17 10
2024 89 1013 11 16 9
2023 75 77 9 14 6
2022 67 56 7 13 3
2021 70 45 6 13 2
2020 57 811 14 11 2
2019 65 88 12 12 6
2018 96 917 9 18 9
2017 120 1720 14 23 17
2016 82 1415 17 15 —
2015 115 1717 15 22 —
2014 105 1518 14 20 —
2013 142 2326 16 27 —
2012 159 3242 20 30 —
2011 147 2225 15 28 —
2010 131 2527 19 25 —
2009 95 1717 18 18 —
2008 63 1922 30 12 —
2007 42 1515 36 8 —
2006 42 911 21 8 —
2005 49 1113 22 10 —
2004 47 79 15 9 —
2003 34 67 18 7 —
2002 31 33 10 6 —
2001 35 88 23 7 —
2000 54 1917 35 10 —
1999 50 1110 22 9 —
1998 52 919 17 10 —

The last two columns are the ones to compare across years: they stay steady when the volume of reports changes, so a real shift shows up rather than being hidden by how many reports came in.

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