TABLE 8.1.2 NUMBER OF ARREST CASES BY DRUG CLASSES, 2009 Solvents and inhalants
Other**
118
4
0
9
13
0
27
73
14
0
49
Cannabis
Opioids
Cocaine
North
59
25
4
South
227
38
Beqaa***
76
45
Amphetamine-types
Sedatives and tranquilizers*
Hallucinogens
*Amphetamines, sedatives and tranquilizers, and hallucinogens are all classified as “pills” by the DEBs and therefore represent one category of drugs. **“Other” refers to other types of drugs as well as various types of drugs encountered altogether during arrest of a poly-drug user. The Central Bureau was unable to report the number of arrest cases by drug classes for Beirut or Beirut/Mount Lebanon combined. ***As per this table, the number of arrest cases by drug classes is 257 in the Beqaa while the number of arrest cases for the Beqaa region is 275, as reported differently by the Beqaa and Central DEBs, respectively. As attested by DEB directors, the Central Bureau may have processed arrest cases of 2008 in 2009, which may explain the discrepancy in the numbers.
Arrest conditions As estimated by the DEB directors, there were no cases of arrest upon denunciation by treatment centers after admitting the drug user to treatment or if the drug user had stopped treatment. Moreover, there were a good number of arrested cases in a public place and upon denunciations by an arrested drug user or by a police source (Table 8.1.3). 181