Marijuana Arrests (1970 - 2004)

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports

Year	Total Arrests	Drug Law Arrests	Drug Arrests as % of Total	Marijuana Arrests	% of Drug Law Arrests	% of All Arrests
1970	8,117,700	415,600	5.1	188,682	45.4	2.3
1971	8,639,700	492,000	5.7	225,828	45.9	2.6
1972	8,712,400	527,400	6.1	292,180	55.4	3.4
1973	9,027,700	628,900	7.0	420,734	66.9	4.7
1974	9,055,800	642,100	7.1	445,617	69.4	4.9
1975	9,273,600	601,400	6.5	416,169	69.2	4.5
1976	9,608,500	609,500	6.3	441,278	72.4	4.6
1977	10,189,900	642,700	6.3	457,602	71.2	4.5
1978	10,271,000	628,700	6.1	445,748	70.9	4.3
1979	10,205,800	558,600	5.5	391,579	70.1	3.8
1980	10,441,000	580,900	5.6	401,983	69.2	3.9
1981	10,840,000	559,900	5.2	400,329	71.5	3.7
1982	12,136,400	676,000	5.6	451,568	66.8	3.7
1983	11,700,500	661,400	5.7	402,793	60.9	3.4
1984	11,564,000	708,400	6.1	415,831	58.7	3.6
1985	11,945,200	811,400	6.8	451,138	55.6	3.8
1986	12,487,500	824,100	6.6	361,780	43.9	2.9
1987	12,711,600	937,400	7.4	378,710	40.4	3.0
1988	13,812,300	1,155,200	8.4	391,613	33.9	2.8
1989	14,340,900	1,361,700	9.5	398,978	29.3	2.8
1990	14,195,100	1,089,500	7.7	326,850	30.0	2.3
1991	14,211,900	1,010,000	7.1	287,850	28.5	2.0
1992	14,075,100	1,066,400	7.6	342,314	32.1	2.4
1993	14,036,300	1,126,300	8.0	380,689	33.8	2.7
1994	14,648,700	1,351,400	9.2	481,098	35.6	3.3
1995	15,119,800	1,476,100	9.8	588,964	39.9	3.9
1996	15,168,100	1,506,200	9.9	641,641	42.6	4.2
1997	15,284,300	1,583,600	10.4	695,200	43.9	4.5
1998	14,528,300	1,559,100	10.7	682,886	43.8	4.7
1999	14,031,070	1,557,100	11.1	705,366	45.3	5.0
2000	13,980,297	1,579,566	11.3	734,498	46.5	5.3
2001	13,699,254	1,586,902	11.6	723,627	45.6	5.3
2002	13,741,438	1,538,813	11.2	697,082	45.3	5.1
2003	13,639,479	1,678,192	12.3	755,186	45.0	5.5
2004	14,004,327	1,745,712	12.5	771,605	44.2	5.5
Grand Totals:	429,444,965	35,478,185	8.3	16,594,998	46.8	3.9