Distribution of Marijuana Arrests (1977 - 2004)
by Offense Type

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports

Marijuana Arrests: Number and Distribution of Arrests
			Possession Arrests		Sales/Manufacture Arrests
Year	Marijuana Arrests	% of Drug Law Arrests	Number	% of Marijuana Arrests	Number	% of Marijuana Arrests
1977	457,602	71.2	395,261	86.4	62,342	13.6
1978	445,748	70.9	385,393	86.5	60,355	13.5
1979	391,579	70.1	341,305	87.2	49,715	12.7
1980	401,983	69.2	338,665	84.2	63,318	15.8
1981	400,329	71.5	344,339	86.0	55,990	14.0
1982	451,568	66.8	383,968	85.0	68,276	15.1
1983	402,793	60.9	334,007	82.9	69,447	17.2
1984	415,831	58.7	342,157	82.3	73,674	17.7
1985	451,138	55.6	365,941	81.1	85,197	18.9
1986	361,780	43.9	296,676	82.0	65,104	18.0
1987	378,710	40.4	313,092	82.7	65,618	17.3
1988	391,613	33.9	326,922	83.5	64,691	16.5
1989	398,978	29.3	314,553	78.8	84,425	21.2
1990	326,850	30.0	260,391	79.7	66,460	20.3
1991	287,850	28.5	226,240	78.6	61,610	21.4
1992	342,314	32.1	271,932	79.4	70,382	20.6
1993	380,689	33.8	310,859	81.7	69,831	18.3
1994	481,098	35.6	402,717	83.7	78,381	16.3
1995	588,964	39.9	503,350	85.5	85,614	14.5
1996	641,641	42.6	546,751	85.2	94,891	14.8
1997	695,200	43.9	606,519	87.2	88,682	12.8
1998	682,886	43.8	598,694	87.7	84,191	12.3
1999	705,366	45.3	613,497	87.0	91,869	13.0
2000	734,498	46.5	646,042	88.0	88,456	12.0
2001	723,627	45.6	641,108	88.6	82,519	11.4
2002	697,082	45.3	613,986	88.1	83,096	11.9
2003	755,186	45.0	662,886	87.8	92,301	12.2
2004	771,605	44.2	684,319	88.7	87,286	11.3
Grand Totals:	14,164,509	44.9	12,071,569	85.2	2,093,719	14.8

Note: Possession vs sales distribution data not available before 1977