Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports
Year | Drug Law Arrests | "Other" Drugs Arrests | % of Drug Law Arrests | % of All Arrests |
1970 | 415,600 | 74,392 | 17.9 | 0.9 |
1971 | 492,000 | 93,480 | 19.0 | 1.1 |
1972 | 527,400 | 75,418 | 14.3 | 0.9 |
1973 | 628,900 | 86,788 | 13.8 | 1.0 |
1974 | 642,100 | 67,421 | 10.5 | 0.7 |
1975 | 601,400 | 78,182 | 13.0 | 0.8 |
1976 | 609,500 | 89,597 | 14.7 | 0.9 |
1977 | 642,700 | 82,266 | 12.8 | 0.8 |
1978 | 628,700 | 82,360 | 13.1 | 0.8 |
1979 | 558,600 | 80,997 | 14.5 | 0.8 |
1980 | 580,900 | 86,554 | 14.9 | 0.8 |
1981 | 559,900 | 67,748 | 12.1 | 0.6 |
1982 | 676,000 | 83,824 | 12.4 | 0.7 |
1983 | 661,400 | 83,998 | 12.7 | 0.7 |
1984 | 708,400 | 88,550 | 12.5 | 0.8 |
1985 | 811,400 | 101,425 | 12.5 | 0.8 |
1986 | 824,100 | 105,485 | 12.8 | 0.8 |
1987 | 937,400 | 105,926 | 11.3 | 0.8 |
1988 | 1,155,200 | 131,693 | 11.4 | 1.0 |
1989 | 1,361,700 | 200,170 | 14.7 | 1.4 |
1990 | 1,089,500 | 148,172 | 13.6 | 1.0 |
1991 | 1,010,000 | 142,410 | 14.1 | 1.0 |
1992 | 1,066,400 | 139,698 | 13.1 | 1.0 |
1993 | 1,126,300 | 158,808 | 14.1 | 1.1 |
1994 | 1,351,400 | 210,818 | 15.6 | 1.4 |
1995 | 1,476,100 | 228,796 | 15.5 | 1.5 |
1996 | 1,506,200 | 234,967 | 15.6 | 1.5 |
1997 | 1,583,600 | 283,464 | 17.9 | 1.9 |
1998 | 1,559,100 | 260,370 | 16.7 | 1.8 |
1999 | 1,557,100 | 255,364 | 16.4 | 1.8 |
2000 | 1,579,566 | 262,208 | 16.6 | 1.9 |
2001 | 1,586,902 | 277,708 | 17.5 | 2.0 |
2002 | 1,538,813 | 307,763 | 20.0 | 2.2 |
2003 | 1,678,192 | 338,995 | 20.2 | 2.5 |
2004 | 1,745,712 | 356,125 | 20.4 | 2.5 |
Grand Totals: | 33,732,473 | 5,115,814 | 15.2 | 1.2 |
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