Montana 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 1,865 67 4% 1,390 75% 75 4% 315 17% 100%
2006 1,875 63 3% 1,341 72% 82 4% 373 20% 100%
2005 1,915 60 3% 1,255 66% 109 6% 464 24% 100%
2004 320 0 0% 191 60% 18 6% 81 25% 100%
2003 1,078 25 2% 575 53% 36 3% 265 25% 100%
2002 1,080 25 2% 619 57% 31 3% 303 28% 97%
2001 787 26 3% 452 57% 21 3% 182 23% 97%
2000 961 6 1% 419 44% 19 2% 304 32% 97%
1999 478 38 8% 280 59% 6 1% 2 0% 96%
1998 514 17 3% 317 62% 1 0% 1 0% 97%
1997 2,158 146 7% 1,576 73% 7 0% 11 1% 97%
1996 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
1995 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
1994 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
1993 295 26 9% 142 48% 2 1% 0 0% 95%
1992 412 94 23% 136 33% 7 2% 5 1% 94%
1991 308 51 17% 129 42% 21 7% 12 4% 93%
1990 1,040 56 5% 444 43% 23 2% 508 49% 93%

 

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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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