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DRUG USE CONSEQUENCES
Table 27. Total Estimated Arrests and Drug Arrests, 1989�2000
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Year
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Total arrests1
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Arrests for all drug abuse violations
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Distribution of arrests for drug abuse violations2
|
|
Heroin/cocaine3
|
Marijuana
|
Other drugs
|
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Sale4
|
Possession
|
Sale4
|
Possession
|
Sale4
|
Possession
|
|
1989
|
14,340,900
|
1,361,700
|
9.4
|
19.1
|
34.7
|
6.2
|
23.1
|
7.0
|
9.8
|
|
1990
|
14,195,100
|
1,089,500
|
7.6
|
21.0
|
33.3
|
6.1
|
23.9
|
4.5
|
11.2
|
|
1991
|
14,211,900
|
1,010,000
|
7.1
|
22.5
|
32.8
|
6.1
|
22.4
|
4.8
|
11.5
|
|
1992
|
14,075,100
|
1,066,400
|
7.5
|
20.6
|
32.4
|
6.6
|
25.5
|
4.6
|
10.4
|
|
1993
|
14,036,300
|
1,126,300
|
8.0
|
19.2
|
31.1
|
6.2
|
27.6
|
4.3
|
11.6
|
|
1994
|
14,648,700
|
1,351,400
|
9.2
|
16.8
|
30.3
|
5.8
|
29.8
|
4.1
|
13.2
|
|
1995
|
15,119,800
|
1,476,100
|
9.7
|
14.7
|
27.8
|
5.8
|
34.1
|
4.4
|
13.3
|
|
1996
|
15,168,100
|
1,506,200
|
9.9
|
14.2
|
25.6
|
6.3
|
36.3
|
4.3
|
13.3
|
|
1997
|
15,284,300
|
1,583,600
|
10.3
|
10.3
|
25.4
|
5.6
|
38.3
|
4.7
|
15.8
|
|
1998
|
14,528,300
|
1,559,100
|
10.7
|
11.0
|
25.6
|
5.4
|
38.4
|
4.8
|
14.8
|
|
1999
|
14,031,070
|
1,532,200
|
10.9
|
10.0
|
24.5
|
5.5
|
40.5
|
4.1
|
15.4
|
|
2000
|
13,980,297
|
1,579,566
|
10.9
|
19.0
|
24.2
|
5.6
|
40.9
|
3.0
|
13.6
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1Arrest
totals are based on all reporting agencies and estimates for unreported
areas from Section IV table entitled "Total
Estimated Arrests, United
States."
2Percentages
may not add to 100 because of rounding.
3Includes
heroin or cocaine and their derivatives.
4 Includes
sale/manufacture of drugs.
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice,
Crime in the United States: Uniform Crime Reports, (1990�2001).
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