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 White paper on crime 2009 Part3/Chapter3/Section1/2 

2 Cannabis Control Act violations, etc.

  Fig. 3-3-1-4 shows the number of persons cleared for Cannabis Control Act (Act No. 124 of 1948) violations (including Act on Special Provisions for Narcotics violations concerning cannabis; hereinafter the same in this chapter), Narcotics and Psychotropic Control Act violations (including Act on Special Provisions for Narcotics violations concerning narcotics and psychotropic; hereinafter the same in this chapter), and Opium Act (Act No. 71 of 1954) violations (including Act on Special Provisions for Narcotics violations concerning opium; hereinafter the same in this chapter) over the last 30 years.
  The number of persons cleared for Cannabis Control Act violations has been on a significantly increasing trend since 2001 and reached 2,867 in 2008, approximately 2.3 times that in 2000. The number of persons cleared for Narcotics and Psychotropic Control Act violations has also been on an increasing trend since 2001.

Fig. 3-3-1-4  Number of persons cleared for Cannabis Control Act violations, etc. (1979–2008)