The data presented provide a comparison between sentences imposed for 'importing and exporting' drug offenses (crimes against the Commonwealth law) and State drug offenses, including 'selling' offenses (taken to designate drug offenses under the law of N.S.W.). The statistics presented are derived from the annual publications of the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The last section of the report provides a list of drug sentencing decisions, with a distinction made between State and Federal cases. In each case, the citation, certain basic facts relating to the offense and the offender, and the ultimate sentence and specified nonparole period are given. Tabular and graphic data are provided.