Trends in Heroin/Cocaine Arrests
Distribution by Offense Type (1977 - 2004)

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports

Heroin/Cocaine Arrests: Number and Distribution of Arrests (1977 - 2004)
			Possession Arrests		Sales/Manufacture Arrests
Year	Heroin/Cocaine Arrests	% of Drug Law Arrests	Number	% of Heroin/Cocaine Arrests	Number	% of Heroin/Cocaine Arrests
1977	84,836	13.2	59,128	69.7	25,708	30.3
1978	82,988	13.2	59,727	72.0	23,262	28.0
1979	68,149	12.2	47,481	69.7	20,668	30.3
1980	70,289	12.1	47,053	66.9	22,655	32.2
1981	72,227	12.9	48,711	67.4	23,516	32.6
1982	115,596	17.1	80,444	69.6	35,152	30.4
1983	152,783	23.1	113,099	74.0	39,684	26.0
1984	184,892	26.1	136,013	73.6	48,171	26.1
1985	239,363	29.5	174,451	72.9	64,912	27.1
1986	336,233	40.8	231,572	68.9	104,661	31.1
1987	427,454	45.6	295,281	69.1	132,173	30.9
1988	599,549	51.9	403,165	67.2	196,384	32.8
1989	732,595	53.8	472,510	64.5	260,085	35.5
1990	591,599	54.3	745,218	61.3	228,795	38.7
1991	558,530	55.3	331,280	59.3	227,250	40.7
1992	565,192	53.0	345,514	61.1	219,678	38.9
1993	566,529	50.3	350,279	61.8	216,250	38.2
1994	501,369	37.1	409,474	64.3	227,035	45.3
1995	627,343	42.5	410,356	65.4	216,987	34.6
1996	599,468	39.8	385,587	64.3	213,880	35.7
1997	565,345	35.7	402,234	71.1	163,111	28.9
1998	570,631	36.6	399,130	69.9	171,501	30.1
1999	527,857	33.9	375,261	71.1	152,596	28.9
2000	529,155	33.5	382,255	72.2	146,900	27.8
2001	520,504	32.8	366,574	70.4	153,929	29.6
2002	463,183	30.1	327,767	70.8	135,416	29.2
2003	508,492	30.3	360,811	71.0	147,681	29.0
2004	530,696	30.4	384,057	72.4	146,640	27.6
Grand Totals:	11,527,987	36.5	7,762,018	67.3	3,764,679	32.7

Note: Possession vs sales distribution data not available before 1977