Marijuana Arrests | Other Arrests | ||||||||||
Rank | Agency | Pop. |
Total
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Pct. of All Drug Arrests
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Poss.
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Poss. Rate
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Black Pct.
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Males Age
15 to 19 Pct. |
Other Drugs
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Violent
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Property
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29 | Acworth Police Dept | 19,646 | 161 | 56% | 149 | 758 | 30% | 32% | 128 | 22 | 125 |
33 | Adairsville Police Dept | 3,199 | 27 | 44% | 24 | 750 | 21% | 33% | 34 | 7 | 35 |
123 | Alpharetta Police Dept | 43,909 | 116 | 99% | 114 | 260 | 24% | 22% | 1 | 2 | 109 |
77 | Americus Police Dept | 16,448 | 73 | 75% | 70 | 426 | 80% | 33% | 24 | 46 | 302 |
121 | Athens-Clarke County Police Department | 113,389 | 348 | 48% | 301 | 265 | 62% | 22% | 370 | 150 | 1,380 |
36 | Atlanta Police Dept | 497,290 | 3,586 | 48% | 3,523 | 708 | 93% | 19% | 3,954 | 2,698 | 8,246 |
82 | Augusta/Richmond County Sheriff Dept | 188,528 | 748 | 53% | 748 | 397 | 80% | 23% | 673 | 253 | 2,711 |
26 | Austell City Police Dept | 6,976 | 60 | 91% | 58 | 831 | 48% | 9% | 6 | 17 | 42 |
117 | Bainbridge Police Dept | 12,110 | 36 | 51% | 33 | 273 | 70% | 30% | 35 | 36 | 205 |
135 | Baldwin County Sheriff Department | 25,443 | 70 | 52% | 53 | 208 | 55% | 32% | 65 | 70 | 392 |
149 | Barrow County Sheriff Department | 42,634 | 70 | 30% | 55 | 129 | 13% | 27% | 164 | 98 | 242 |
125 | Bartow County Sheriff Department | 65,719 | 182 | 46% | 162 | 247 | 35% | 18% | 215 | 89 | 756 |
41 | Blackshear Police Dept | 3,476 | 28 | 56% | 23 | 662 | 30% | 30% | 22 | 7 | 66 |
11 | Bloomingdale Police Dept | 2,644 | 39 | 93% | 39 | 1,475 | 26% | 31% | 3 | 0 | 23 |
71 | Brantley County Sheriff Office | 14,285 | 84 | 58% | 64 | 448 | 0% | 19% | 62 | 27 | 194 |
128 | Brooks County Sheriff Department | 10,821 | 29 | 53% | 26 | 240 | 38% | 27% | 26 | 75 | 64 |
51 | Brunswick Police Dept | 16,146 | 94 | 41% | 89 | 551 | 74% | 25% | 138 | 129 | 254 |
142 | Bryan County Sheriff Department | 17,795 | 35 | 56% | 32 | 180 | 22% | 25% | 27 | 6 | 64 |
162 | Bulloch County Sheriff Department | 36,434 | 31 | 49% | 27 | 74 | 19% | 15% | 32 | 30 | 372 |
17 | Byron Police Dept | 3,801 | 50 | 69% | 49 | 1,289 | 12% | 39% | 22 | 1 | 40 |
107 | Cairo Police Dept | 9,655 | 33 | 63% | 31 | 321 | 52% | 45% | 19 | 18 | 88 |
120 | Calhoun Police Dept | 14,522 | 60 | 49% | 39 | 269 | 13% | 15% | 62 | 19 | 478 |
75 | Camden County Sheriff Department | 15,139 | 66 | 69% | 66 | 436 | 36% | 11% | 29 | 12 | 85 |
105 | Canton (Cherokee Co) Police Dept | 22,071 | 77 | 66% | 72 | 326 | 15% | 26% | 39 | 40 | 204 |
152 | Carroll County Sheriff Department | 68,934 | 88 | 31% | 83 | 120 | 47% | 39% | 197 | 142 | 311 |
86 | Carrollton Police Dept | 22,149 | 107 | 49% | 84 | 379 | 63% | 18% | 110 | 146 | 417 |
109 | Cartersville Police Dept | 17,680 | 63 | 38% | 56 | 317 | 21% | 11% | 104 | 23 | 156 |
157 | Catoosa County Sheriff Department | 51,216 | 57 | 41% | 55 | 107 | 20% | 24% | 82 | 62 | 304 |
21 | Chatsworth Police Dept | 4,100 | 51 | 59% | 49 | 1,195 | 0% | 33% | 36 | 9 | 47 |
3 | City Of Port Wentworth Police Dept | 3,396 | 95 | 69% | 93 | 2,739 | 20% | 17% | 42 | 11 | 68 |
48 | Clarkston Police Dept | 7,546 | 52 | 87% | 45 | 596 | 91% | 42% | 8 | 43 | 72 |
37 | Clinch County Sheriff Department | 4,126 | 31 | 51% | 29 | 703 | 55% | 3% | 30 | 5 | 24 |
4 | Cochran Police Dept | 4,788 | 102 | 75% | 96 | 2,005 | 70% | 33% | 34 | 13 | 53 |
78 | Coffee County Sheriff Department | 24,976 | 117 | 43% | 106 | 424 | 55% | 21% | 152 | 53 | 366 |
161 | Columbia County Sheriff Department | 99,276 | 106 | 65% | 82 | 83 | 30% | 49% | 56 | 25 | 493 |
136 | Columbus Police Dept | 188,944 | 483 | 43% | 391 | 207 | 76% | 23% | 631 | 568 | 3,683 |
34 | Commerce Police Dept | 6,189 | 49 | 45% | 46 | 743 | 26% | 20% | 60 | 16 | 60 |
15 | Conyers Police Dept | 12,704 | 183 | 70% | 176 | 1,385 | 61% | 16% | 79 | 37 | 534 |
13 | Cornelia Police Dept | 3,822 | 56 | 67% | 54 | 1,413 | 7% | 19% | 27 | 5 | 99 |
14 | Covington Police Dept | 14,680 | 207 | 61% | 205 | 1,396 | 48% | 25% | 135 | 33 | 189 |
150 | Coweta County Sheriff Department | 83,741 | 160 | 50% | 108 | 129 | 45% | 24% | 157 | 57 | 522 |
59 | Crisp County Sheriff Department | 10,559 | 58 | 39% | 54 | 511 | 54% | 24% | 90 | 73 | 224 |
74 | Dade County Sheriff Department | 13,984 | 67 | 64% | 61 | 436 | 16% | 10% | 38 | 6 | 51 |
79 | Dalton Police Dept | 33,790 | 155 | 44% | 143 | 423 | 21% | 29% | 199 | 85 | 606 |
98 | Dawson County Sheriff Department | 21,351 | 78 | 58% | 73 | 342 | 0% | 26% | 56 | 13 | 135 |
49 | Decatur County Sheriff Department | 15,847 | 93 | 55% | 93 | 587 | 59% | 31% | 75 | 40 | 144 |
40 | Decatur Police Dept | 19,180 | 130 | 63% | 129 | 673 | 76% | 18% | 76 | 50 | 158 |
160 | Dekalb County Public Safety Department | 635,588 | 719 | 51% | 527 | 83 | 91% | 25% | 691 | 908 | 4,856 |
83 | Dodge County Sheriff Department | 11,970 | 56 | 44% | 47 | 393 | 70% | 15% | 72 | 10 | 79 |
5 | Dooly County Sheriff Department | 5,092 | 95 | 66% | 95 | 1,866 | 52% | 5% | 48 | 12 | 15 |
8 | Doraville Police Dept | 10,364 | 191 | 62% | 179 | 1,727 | 71% | 10% | 119 | 41 | 73 |
115 | Douglas County Sheriff Department | 91,480 | 276 | 36% | 258 | 282 | 55% | 18% | 488 | 182 | 1,255 |
44 | Douglasville Police Dept | 30,422 | 208 | 57% | 193 | 634 | 53% | 26% | 159 | 75 | 793 |
97 | Dublin Police Dept | 17,434 | 61 | 54% | 60 | 344 | 75% | 30% | 51 | 56 | 288 |
84 | Duluth Police Dept | 26,272 | 107 | 79% | 102 | 388 | 35% | 20% | 29 | 20 | 71 |
12 | East Dublin Police Dept | 2,738 | 39 | 93% | 39 | 1,424 | 38% | 13% | 3 | 1 | 29 |
60 | Eatonton Police Dept | 6,727 | 36 | 56% | 34 | 505 | 53% | 18% | 28 | 26 | 27 |
35 | Echols County Sheriff Department | 4,347 | 36 | 69% | 32 | 736 | 13% | 9% | 16 | 8 | 18 |
90 | Fairburn Police Dept | 10,369 | 41 | 44% | 38 | 366 | 84% | 16% | 53 | 30 | 209 |
129 | Fayette County Sheriff Department | 51,175 | 141 | 62% | 116 | 227 | 47% | 30% | 85 | 27 | 213 |
147 | Floyd County Police Department | 58,712 | 94 | 45% | 77 | 131 | 18% | 27% | 117 | 96 | 474 |
28 | Forest Park Dept Of Public Safety | 22,174 | 187 | 59% | 182 | 821 | 71% | 22% | 132 | 53 | 498 |
164 | Forsyth County Sheriff Department | 153,849 | 59 | 78% | 51 | 33 | 18% | 20% | 17 | 14 | 237 |
23 | Forsyth Police Dept | 4,174 | 50 | 75% | 46 | 1,102 | 57% | 13% | 17 | 7 | 62 |
96 | Fort Valley Police Dept | 8,107 | 31 | 60% | 28 | 345 | 96% | 21% | 21 | 81 | 183 |
39 | Ft Oglenthorpe Police Dept | 9,809 | 70 | 54% | 66 | 673 | 6% | 29% | 59 | 13 | 227 |
163 | Fulton County Police Department | 185,732 | 136 | 45% | 93 | 50 | 76% | 33% | 164 | 226 | 1,550 |
61 | Gainesville Police Dept | 34,494 | 175 | 46% | 174 | 504 | 29% | 35% | 206 | 75 | 770 |
47 | Garden City Police Dept | 9,387 | 63 | 52% | 57 | 607 | 58% | 19% | 59 | 62 | 104 |
100 | Glynn County Police Department | 58,360 | 206 | 47% | 195 | 334 | 49% | 30% | 237 | 124 | 887 |
153 | Gordon County Sheriff Department | 36,374 | 67 | 40% | 43 | 118 | 28% | 14% | 100 | 57 | 159 |
124 | Greene County Sheriff Department | 10,858 | 49 | 38% | 27 | 249 | 56% | 19% | 80 | 16 | 72 |
30 | Griffin Police Dept | 23,478 | 193 | 49% | 178 | 758 | 68% | 22% | 198 | 55 | 579 |
67 | Grovetown Dept Of Public Safety | 8,476 | 43 | 73% | 40 | 472 | 23% | 53% | 16 | 11 | 74 |
104 | Habersham County Sheriff Department | 30,960 | 107 | 64% | 101 | 326 | 12% | 22% | 60 | 21 | 124 |
148 | Hall County Sheriff Department | 136,336 | 230 | 43% | 178 | 131 | 29% | 20% | 300 | 78 | 497 |
151 | Henry Police Dept | 160,080 | 252 | 52% | 202 | 126 | 57% | 17% | 232 | 109 | 848 |
55 | Hinesville Police Dept | 29,466 | 175 | 60% | 157 | 533 | 70% | 28% | 119 | 70 | 528 |
22 | Hogansville Police Dept | 2,930 | 37 | 65% | 34 | 1,160 | 76% | 15% | 20 | 4 | 4 |
38 | Holly Springs Police Dept | 6,897 | 52 | 57% | 47 | 681 | 13% | 17% | 39 | 12 | 44 |
99 | Houston County Sheriff Department | 51,679 | 175 | 61% | 175 | 339 | 47% | 18% | 110 | 57 | 424 |
154 | Jackson County Sheriff Department | 38,697 | 66 | 39% | 44 | 114 | 14% | 20% | 104 | 71 | 218 |
50 | Jackson Police Dept | 4,478 | 26 | 54% | 25 | 558 | 40% | 24% | 22 | 4 | 23 |
85 | Jasper County Sheriff Department | 11,316 | 49 | 73% | 43 | 380 | 28% | 7% | 18 | 11 | 44 |
73 | Jeff Davis County Sheriff Department | 9,536 | 50 | 50% | 42 | 440 | 52% | 19% | 51 | 6 | 43 |
95 | Jefferson Police Dept | 6,906 | 24 | 65% | 24 | 348 | 25% | 13% | 13 | 8 | 58 |
62 | Jones County Sheriff Department | 24,724 | 124 | 53% | 124 | 502 | 45% | 26% | 110 | 40 | 243 |
9 | Jonesboro Police Dept | 3,909 | 61 | 74% | 59 | 1,509 | 66% | 25% | 21 | 2 | 10 |
87 | Kennesaw Police Dept | 32,643 | 125 | 81% | 123 | 377 | 38% | 27% | 30 | 28 | 131 |
81 | Kingsland Police Dept | 12,705 | 55 | 50% | 51 | 401 | 43% | 25% | 54 | 35 | 149 |
53 | Lagrange Police Dept | 27,867 | 202 | 48% | 151 | 542 | 64% | 32% | 221 | 75 | 684 |
112 | Lamar County Sheriff Department | 10,204 | 44 | 68% | 32 | 314 | 19% | 19% | 21 | 20 | 28 |
110 | Laurens County Sheriff Department | 27,476 | 89 | 41% | 87 | 317 | 53% | 18% | 129 | 90 | 360 |
63 | Lawrenceville Police Dept | 29,797 | 163 | 60% | 148 | 497 | 64% | 22% | 110 | 28 | 420 |
155 | Lee County Sheriff Department | 29,840 | 77 | 59% | 33 | 111 | 36% | 24% | 53 | 78 | 207 |
138 | Liberty County Sheriff Department | 32,254 | 72 | 60% | 63 | 195 | 51% | 19% | 49 | 37 | 89 |
103 | Lilburn Police Dept | 11,567 | 38 | 64% | 38 | 329 | 37% | 26% | 21 | 12 | 142 |
56 | Long County Sheriff Department | 9,982 | 53 | 62% | 52 | 521 | 35% | 12% | 33 | 14 | 40 |
118 | Lowndes County Sheriff Department | 49,186 | 198 | 50% | 134 | 272 | 51% | 18% | 200 | 62 | 365 |
126 | Lumpkin County Sheriff Department | 26,137 | 65 | 42% | 64 | 245 | 8% | 25% | 89 | 16 | 190 |
68 | Macon Police Dept | 93,205 | 540 | 64% | 435 | 467 | 83% | 19% | 307 | 271 | 2,074 |
156 | Madison County Sheriff Department | 26,445 | 35 | 23% | 29 | 110 | 28% | 17% | 117 | 57 | 179 |
25 | Marietta Police Dept | 63,523 | 595 | 50% | 562 | 885 | 71% | 19% | 585 | 131 | 668 |
70 | Mc Donough Police Dept | 18,504 | 90 | 74% | 84 | 454 | 58% | 24% | 32 | 12 | 130 |
132 | Milledgeville Police Dept | 19,896 | 46 | 75% | 43 | 216 | 49% | 33% | 15 | 37 | 292 |
42 | Monroe County Sheriff Department | 20,657 | 152 | 73% | 134 | 649 | 35% | 24% | 57 | 18 | 140 |
93 | Monroe Police Dept | 12,813 | 58 | 41% | 46 | 359 | 37% | 22% | 83 | 31 | 180 |
31 | Montezuma Police Dept | 3,969 | 30 | 79% | 30 | 756 | 77% | 17% | 8 | 10 | 36 |
6 | Morrow Police Dept | 5,425 | 99 | 83% | 95 | 1,751 | 79% | 15% | 21 | 28 | 553 |
54 | Moultrie Co Police Dept | 15,375 | 89 | 63% | 83 | 540 | 59% | 19% | 53 | 61 | 312 |
143 | Murray County Sheriff Department | 37,484 | 65 | 42% | 62 | 165 | 3% | 24% | 89 | 31 | 212 |
94 | Newnan Police Dept | 29,117 | 114 | 53% | 102 | 350 | 62% | 30% | 103 | 27 | 403 |
111 | Newton County Sheriff Department | 77,523 | 283 | 56% | 244 | 315 | 55% | 24% | 221 | 135 | 489 |
72 | Norcross Police Dept | 10,378 | 47 | 44% | 46 | 443 | 57% | 22% | 59 | 24 | 61 |
130 | Paulding County Sheriff Department | 116,068 | 270 | 75% | 262 | 226 | 21% | 20% | 91 | 71 | 636 |
45 | Peach County Sheriff Department | 12,586 | 80 | 56% | 77 | 612 | 61% | 17% | 62 | 15 | 78 |
144 | Peachtree City Police Dept | 35,431 | 57 | 81% | 56 | 158 | 9% | 45% | 13 | 12 | 141 |
16 | Pearson Police Dept | 1,927 | 27 | 53% | 26 | 1,349 | 31% | 15% | 24 | 9 | 15 |
131 | Pike County Sheriff Department | 15,554 | 44 | 61% | 34 | 219 | 12% | 12% | 28 | 6 | 63 |
114 | Polk County Police Department | 26,007 | 78 | 48% | 74 | 285 | 20% | 11% | 84 | 36 | 60 |
80 | Powder Springs Police Dept | 15,285 | 64 | 77% | 64 | 419 | 58% | 36% | 19 | 25 | 81 |
134 | Putnam County Sheriff Department | 13,356 | 28 | 50% | 28 | 210 | 32% | 25% | 28 | 28 | 91 |
32 | Rabun County Sheriff Department | 13,007 | 112 | 68% | 98 | 753 | 3% | 12% | 52 | 20 | 88 |
20 | Reidsville Police Dept | 2,458 | 30 | 77% | 30 | 1,221 | 60% | 27% | 9 | 5 | 54 |
2 | Resaca Police Dept | 784 | 25 | 52% | 25 | 3,189 | 4% | 8% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
69 | Richmond Hill Police Dept | 10,324 | 48 | 74% | 47 | 455 | 34% | 38% | 17 | 16 | 53 |
91 | Rincon Police Dept | 7,371 | 27 | 77% | 27 | 366 | 22% | 22% | 8 | 6 | 83 |
127 | Riverdale Police Dept | 15,977 | 76 | 27% | 39 | 244 | 90% | 23% | 210 | 23 | 364 |
119 | Rockdale County Sheriff Department | 69,109 | 205 | 52% | 186 | 269 | 56% | 23% | 190 | 225 | 455 |
140 | Rome Police Dept | 36,233 | 89 | 32% | 68 | 188 | 40% | 18% | 186 | 59 | 580 |
108 | Roswell Police Dept | 88,879 | 296 | 73% | 285 | 321 | 36% | 20% | 108 | 41 | 549 |
145 | Sandy Springs | 85,830 | 141 | 67% | 135 | 157 | 64% | 15% | 71 | 48 | 321 |
113 | Savannah Police Dept | 208,116 | 738 | 40% | 650 | 312 | 71% | 19% | 1,107 | 493 | 2,528 |
24 | Senoia Police Dept | 3,213 | 34 | 83% | 34 | 1,058 | 35% | 26% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
139 | Smyrna Police Dept | 49,259 | 94 | 99% | 94 | 191 | 63% | 36% | 1 | 6 | 110 |
18 | Snellville Police Dept | 20,414 | 290 | 85% | 257 | 1,259 | 40% | 25% | 50 | 17 | 322 |
106 | Spalding County Sheriff Department | 39,239 | 152 | 43% | 126 | 321 | 45% | 14% | 204 | 83 | 394 |
146 | St Marys Police Dept | 16,153 | 25 | 38% | 24 | 149 | 50% | 13% | 41 | 47 | 173 |
66 | Statesboro Police Dept | 26,001 | 152 | 62% | 126 | 485 | 47% | 23% | 93 | 57 | 566 |
43 | Sylvester Police Dept | 5,874 | 38 | 84% | 38 | 647 | 82% | 32% | 7 | 15 | 43 |
1 | Tallapoosa Police Dept | 3,157 | 112 | 95% | 112 | 3,548 | 18% | 7% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
57 | Tattnall County Sheriff Department | 15,468 | 96 | 59% | 80 | 517 | 48% | 11% | 66 | 6 | 60 |
88 | Thomas County Sheriff Department | 21,907 | 95 | 40% | 81 | 370 | 40% | 14% | 140 | 3 | 75 |
52 | Thomasville Police Dept | 19,108 | 123 | 71% | 105 | 550 | 82% | 27% | 50 | 47 | 483 |
27 | Thompson Police Dept | 6,922 | 62 | 95% | 57 | 823 | 58% | 12% | 3 | 4 | 1 |
122 | Tift County Sheriff Department | 23,967 | 67 | 42% | 63 | 263 | 56% | 19% | 92 | 41 | 128 |
89 | Tifton City Police Dept | 16,803 | 74 | 46% | 62 | 369 | 45% | 29% | 87 | 65 | 443 |
101 | Toccoa Police Dept | 9,054 | 32 | 53% | 30 | 331 | 20% | 27% | 28 | 22 | 138 |
116 | Towns County Sheriff Department | 9,858 | 35 | 51% | 27 | 274 | 0% | 19% | 33 | 14 | 67 |
10 | Treutlen County Sheriff Department | 6,847 | 109 | 83% | 101 | 1,475 | 51% | 18% | 22 | 13 | 84 |
7 | Twiggs County Sheriff Department | 8,906 | 157 | 78% | 154 | 1,729 | 64% | 8% | 44 | 14 | 118 |
46 | Tybee Island Police Dept | 3,774 | 24 | 49% | 23 | 609 | 17% | 17% | 25 | 10 | 48 |
58 | Union City Police Dept | 17,217 | 92 | 70% | 89 | 517 | 88% | 13% | 40 | 32 | 277 |
133 | Upson County Sheriff Department | 18,574 | 41 | 71% | 39 | 210 | 31% | 18% | 17 | 11 | 77 |
76 | Valdosta Police Dept | 45,712 | 210 | 52% | 199 | 435 | 71% | 26% | 194 | 371 | 587 |
92 | Vidalia Police Dept | 11,253 | 41 | 38% | 41 | 364 | 71% | 27% | 67 | 26 | 291 |
158 | Walker County Sheriff Department | 50,153 | 54 | 31% | 51 | 102 | 20% | 39% | 120 | 104 | 292 |
141 | Ware County Sheriff Department | 21,044 | 43 | 42% | 38 | 181 | 24% | 26% | 59 | 22 | 322 |
19 | Waycross Police Dept | 14,738 | 208 | 54% | 181 | 1,228 | 72% | 29% | 175 | 61 | 566 |
64 | White County Sheriff Department | 22,148 | 138 | 64% | 109 | 492 | 5% | 16% | 78 | 21 | 110 |
159 | Whitefield County Sheriff Department | 57,518 | 73 | 27% | 58 | 101 | 16% | 24% | 196 | 106 | 403 |
65 | Wilkinson County Sheriff Department | 4,911 | 26 | 48% | 24 | 489 | 46% | 8% | 28 | 7 | 42 |
102 | Winder Police Dept | 13,607 | 52 | 40% | 45 | 331 | 31% | 16% | 78 | 31 | 147 |
137 | Woodstock Police Dept | 23,754 | 48 | 55% | 48 | 202 | 25% | 29% | 39 | 4 | 97 |
Notes:
For financial and other reasons some local police agencies are not able to report arrest data to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Of the agencies reporting data to the UCR program, these are the top 164 agencies that report the most arrests for marijuana possession in this state. The table above ranks the reporting agencies with the most marijuana arrests by the arrest rate for marijuana possession.
The population listing in the table refers to the coverage population of the local police agency. University police stations, many divisions of the state police (SP), and some other agencies do not have applicable coverage populations that are reported along with arrest data reported to the UCR program. Consequently arrest rates per 100,000 population can not be calculated and reported for these agencies and they are not included in the above rankings.
Other drug crimes refers to drug-related offenses that to no include marijuana. These include sales and possession offenses involving the following catefories of drugs:
Opiates/Cocaine: This category includes opium, cocaine, and their derivatives. Opiate derivatives include, for example, morphine, heroin, and codeine. Cocaine derivative include crack cocaine.
Synthetic Narcotics: This category includes manufactured narcotics and includes, for example, Demerol , methadone, and Oxycontin.
Other Drugs: This category includes dangerous non-narcotic drugs and includes, for example, barbiturates, benzedrine, LSD, methamphetamine, and PCP.
Violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, motor-vehicle theft, and arson.
Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data