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Table  129 (Soc., Pri., Drug)
Drug Offenders According to the Type of Drugs (1988-1999)
Pri129e
Year Heroin % Cannabies % Opium % Tablets % Other % Total
1988 1,848 79.1 460 19.7 4 0.2 2 0.1 23 1.0 2,337
1989 2,515 81.4 565 18.3 11 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 3,091
1990 5,903 88.7 739 11.1 12 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 6,654
1991 6,609 86.5 1,019 13.3 13 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.0 7,642
1992 5,563 94.0 343 5.8 7 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.0 5,915
1993 6,288 94.5 364 5.5 4 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 6,656
1994 5,294 93.5 354 6.3 12 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 5,660
1995 4,565 88.1 608 11.7 8 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 5,181
1996 6,949 94.6 400 5.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7,349
1997 6,742 94.4 394 5.5 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7,139
1998 7,625 93.0 574 7.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 8,199
1999 8,208 91.8 730 8.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 8,938
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Prisons Statistics 2000, Department of Prisons  
Revised:  2004(y)/01(m)/12(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The former Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka