With Canada being one of the top distributors and producers of synthetic drugs, according to the United Nations 2009 Drug Report, it makes sense for the illicit drug crimes to be on a continuous rise in the country. Even though Marijuana is still the number one drug responsible for the majority of the drug crimes in Canada, other drugs such as, ecstasy, crystal meth, cocaine, are catching up, being responsible for more drug crimes each year. Statistic Canada indicated drug crimes reaching over the 100,000 mark and that this was combined with the crime rate reaching a thirty-year low. This is an unusual turn that the crime rate reached a 30-year low, but illicit drug crimes reach a 30-year high. Various police forces believe that this is due to the police coming down on drugs that have caused opposite trends.
Victoria and Abbotsford, both located in British Columbia, and Trois-Rivieres and Gatineau, both located in Quebec, followed on the list. Youth drug crimes made up 19% of all the cases in Canada, while two-thirds of the dug crimes in Canada all involved marijuana
Nick Hayes is a graduate of the Narconon drug rehab program in 2005. Nick takes much enjoyment in writing, and feels there needs to be more information about drugs and alcohol provided to the people of the world. He believes nobody should have to go through an addiction.