Iowa Drug Arrests (1990-2007)

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Opiates and Cocaine
Marijuana
Synthetic Narcotics
Other Drugs

 

Year
Total
Arrests
Pct.
Arrests
Pct.
Arrests
Pct.
Arrests
Pct.
Pop. Cov.
2007 9,658 952 10% 6,829 71% 151 2% 1,508 16% 100%
2006 10,062 1,083 11% 6,749 67% 131 1% 1,829 18% 100%
2005 10,404 988 9% 6,508 63% 84 1% 2,550 25% 100%
2004 10,509 990 9% 6,357 60% 57 1% 2,859 27% 100%
2003 10,815 892 8% 6,680 62% 60 1% 2,947 27% 100%
2002 10,717 913 9% 6,633 62% 70 1% 2,902 27% 99%
2001 9,128 626 7% 5,991 66% 35 0% 2,267 25% 99%
2000 9,911 921 9% 6,605 67% 34 0% 2,164 22% 99%
1999 9,742 1,050 11% 6,376 65% 25 0% 2,119 22% 98%
1998 9,815 1,104 11% 5,887 60% 59 1% 2,588 26% 98%
1997 9,655 1,009 10% 5,584 58% 33 0% 2,892 30% 97%
1996 8,066 1,117 14% 4,906 61% 30 0% 1,913 24% 97%
1995 7,504 916 12% 4,226 56% 26 0% 2,217 30% 99%
1994 5,387 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
1993 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
1991 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
1990 3,240 648 20% 2,245 69% 243 8% 104 3% 98%

 

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Notes:

Populaton Coverage: Percent of the state’s population covered by the local police agencies reporting data for this year.

Opiates/Cocaine: This category includes opium, cocaine, and their derivatives. Opiate derivatives include, for example, morphine, heroin, and codeine. Cocaine derivative include crack cocaine.

Marijuana: This category includes hashish.

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.

Itemized categories may not account for total drug arrests because of occassional reporting irregularities in which arrests are reported for drug abuse offenses but not classified as one of these four categories.

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data

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