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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003
February 2003
Table 32. Total Estimated Arrests and Drug Arrests, 1989–2001
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Year
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Arrests for all drug abuse violations
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Distribution of arrests for drug abuse violations2
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Marijuana
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Other drugs
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Number
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Percent
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Posses- sion
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Posses- sion
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Posses- sion
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| 1989
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14,340,900
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1,361,700
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9.4
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19.1
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34.7
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6.2
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23.1
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7.0
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9.8
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1990 |
14,195,100
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1,089,500
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7.6
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21.0
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33.3
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6.1
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23.9
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4.5
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11.2
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| 1991
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14,211,900
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1,010,000
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7.1
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22.5
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32.8
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6.1
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22.4
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4.8
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11.5
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1992 |
14,075,100
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1,066,400
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7.5
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20.6
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32.4
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6.6
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25.5
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4.6
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10.4
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1993 |
14,036,300
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1,126,300
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8.0
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19.2
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31.1
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6.2
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27.6
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4.3
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11.6
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| 1994
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14,648,700
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1,351,400
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9.2
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16.8
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30.3
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5.8
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29.8
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4.1
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13.2
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1995 |
15,119,800
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1,476,100
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9.7
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14.7
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27.8
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5.8
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34.1
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4.4
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13.3
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1996 |
15,168,100
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1,506,200
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9.9
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14.2
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25.6
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6.3
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36.3
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4.3
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13.3
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| 1997
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15,284,300
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1,583,600
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10.3
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10.3
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25.4
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5.6
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38.3
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4.7
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15.8
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| 1998
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14,528,300
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1,559,100
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10.7
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11.0
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25.6
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5.4
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38.4
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4.8
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14.8
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| 1999
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14,031,070
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1,532,200
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10.9
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10.0
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24.5
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5.5
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40.5
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4.1
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15.4
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2000 |
13,980,297
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1,579,566
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10.9
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19.0
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24.2
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5.6
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40.9
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3.0
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13.6
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2001 |
13,699,254
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1,586,902
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11.5
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9.7
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23.1
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5.2
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40.4
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4.5
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17.1
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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.
4Includes
sale/manufacture of drugs. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation,
U.S. Department of Justice, Crime in the United States:
Uniform Crime Reports, 1989 to 2001 (1990–2002).
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Last Updated: May 7, 2003
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