En 2010, environ 108 600 infractions relatives aux drogues ont été déclarées par la police, dont la moitié environ (52 %) concernaient la possession de cannabis 29. Entre 2009 et 2010, le taux d’infractions relatives aux drogues a grimpé de 10 %, confirmant la tendance générale amorcée au début des années 1990.
In 2010, there were almost 108,600 police-reported drug crimes in Canada, about half of which (52%) were for possession of cannabis.29 Between 2009 and 2010, the rate of drug crime increased by 10%, continuing a general trend that began in the early 1990s.