National Drug Control Strategy: 2002

Table 53. Percentage¹ of Adult Male Booked Arrestees Who Used Marijuana, by Location, 1991�2000

Location	Year
Location	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Albany (Capital Area)	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	45
Albuquerque	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	36	37	47
Anchorage	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	33	38	38
Atlanta	12	22	26	25	32	37	36	26	44	38
Birmingham	16	22	28	28	36	44	43	39	39	45
Charlotte	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	44
Chicago	23	26	40	38	41	47	48	42	45	�
Cleveland	12	17	23	28	29	37	46	37	43	49
Dallas	19	28	28	33	37	44	44	43	39	36
Denver	25	34	36	39	33	42	42	41	44	41
Des Moines	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	42	43	42
Detroit	18	27	37	38	42	46	44	47	48	50
Ft. Lauderdale	28	32	30	29	33	38	38	44	39	43
Honolulu	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	30
Houston	17	24	24	23	29	33	24	36	38	36
Indianapolis	23	35	42	39	38	51	44	45	48	49
Laredo	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	39	33	29
Las Vegas	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	26	28	33
Los Angeles	19	23	23	20	23	30	27	27	32	�
Miami	23	30	26	28	29	34	32	29	36	39
Minneapolis	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	45	44	54
New Orleans	16	19	25	28	32	40	38	38	40	47
New York City²	18	22	21	24	28	38	32	39	41	41
Oklahoma City	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	53	48	57
Omaha	26	38	42	44	42	52	33	44	51	48
Philadelphia	18	26	32	32	34	39	41	45	41	49
Phoenix	22	22	31	29	29	28	30	32	36	34
Portland	33	28	30	27	29	35	38	37	35	36
Sacramento	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	44	44	50
St. Louis	16	21	28	36	39	52	48	50	�	�
Salt Lake City	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	37	35	34
San Antonio	20	28	32	30	34	39	34	41	36	41
San Diego	33	35	40	36	35	40	38	36	36	39
San Jose	25	24	27	30	27	27	29	25	34	36
Seattle	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	35	39	38
Spokane	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	43	44	40
Tucson	�	�	�	�	�	�	�	39	45	45
Washington, DC	11	20	26	30	32	40	39	38	35	�

� Data not available.

¹Percent positive by urinalysis, January through December of each year. Percentages are rounded.
²Data before the third quarter of 1998 pertain to Manhattan only.

Sources: 1991�1996 data from Drug Use Forecasting (1991�1996); 1997�1998 data from Annual Report on Adult and Juvenile Arrestees (1997 and 1998); 1999 data from 1999 Annual Report on Drug Use Among Adult and Juvenile Arrestees, Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program (ADAM), National Institute of Justice (NIJ); 2000 data from 2000 Annualized Site Visit Reports, ADAM, NIJ (2001).

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Last Updated: July 9, 2002