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Australian crime: facts and figures 2012

22 May 2013

Cannabis has accounted for the highest volume of drug arrests since 1996–97; in 2010–11, there were 58,760 drug arrests involving cannabis. In comparison in the same period there were 2551 heroin-related arrests. Drug arrests are more commonly consumers than providers, particularly for cannabis.

The report of the Australian Institute of Criminology shows that there were an estimated 287,000 cases of physical assault in 2011-2012 where AOD was a contributory factor.

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