"Other" Drug Arrests (1977 - 2004)
by Offense Type

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports

"Other" Drug Arrests: Number and Distribution of Arrests by Type (1977 - 2004)
			Possession Arrests		Sales/Manufacture Arrests
Year	"Other" Drug Arrests	% of Drug Law Arrests	Number	% of Other Drug Arrests	Number	% of Other Drug Arrests
1977	82,266	12.8	59,128	71.9	23,137	28.1
1978	82,360	13.1	59,098	71.8	23,891	29.0
1979	80,997	14.5	56,419	69.7	24,578	30.3
1980	86,554	14.9	52,862	61.1	33,692	38.9
1981	67,748	12.1	41,433	61.2	25,755	38.0
1982	83,824	12.4	56,784	67.7	27,040	32.3
1983	83,998	12.7	54,896	65.4	29,763	35.4
1984	88,550	12.5	60,922	68.8	27,628	31.2
1985	101,425	12.5	65,723	64.8	35,702	35.2
1986	105,485	12.8	74,993	71.1	30,492	28.9
1987	105,926	11.3	70,305	66.4	35,621	33.6
1988	131,693	11.4	85,485	64.9	46,208	35.1
1989	200,170	14.7	114,383	57.1	85,787	42.9
1990	148,172	13.6	105,682	71.3	42,491	28.7
1991	142,410	14.1	102,010	71.6	40,400	28.4
1992	139,698	13.1	98,109	70.2	41,590	29.8
1993	158,808	14.1	117,135	73.8	41,673	26.2
1994	210,818	15.6	162,168	76.9	48,650	23.1
1995	228,796	15.5	174,180	76.1	54,616	23.9
1996	234,967	15.6	179,238	76.3	55,729	23.7
1997	283,464	17.9	221,704	78.2	61,760	21.8
1998	260,370	16.7	201,124	77.2	59,246	22.8
1999	255,364	16.4	210,209	82.3	45,156	17.7
2000	262,208	16.6	214,821	81.9	47,387	18.1
2001	277,708	17.5	228,514	82.3	49,194	17.7
2002	307,763	20.0	246,210	80.0	61,553	20.0
2003	338,995	20.2	278,580	82.2	60,415	17.8
2004	356,125	20.4	296,771	83.3	59,354	16.7
Grand Totals:	4,906,662	15.5	3,688,884	75.2	1,218,507	24.8

Note: Possession vs sales distribution data not available before 1977