Oregon 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 19,574 3,463 18% 9,201 47% 863 4% 5,992 31% 100%
2006 21,136 4,183 20% 8,338 39% 837 4% 7,696 36% 100%
2005 21,898 4,204 19% 7,720 35% 1,091 5% 8,834 40% 100%
2004 23,196 5,193 22% 7,381 32% 1,090 5% 9,412 41% 100%
2003 15,029 1,816 12% 6,381 42% 1,045 7% 5,782 38% 100%
2002 16,207 3,078 19% 6,585 41% 942 6% 5,601 35% 97%
2001 16,592 4,129 25% 6,454 39% 886 5% 5,123 31% 95%
2000 18,254 5,290 29% 6,619 36% 865 5% 5,403 30% 95%
1999 13,545 3,547 26% 5,532 41% 838 6% 3,623 27% 93%
1998 15,449 5,211 34% 5,673 37% 772 5% 3,790 25% 93%
1997 17,230 6,214 36% 6,186 36% 823 5% 4,014 23% 93%
1996 16,777 5,816 35% 7,061 42% 600 4% 3,295 20% 93%
1995 16,748 5,115 31% 6,146 37% 1,068 6% 4,412 26% 95%
1994 14,195 4,715 33% 4,985 35% 760 5% 3,731 26% 94%
1993 11,485 5,154 45% 4,186 36% 493 4% 1,768 15% 93%
1992 10,484 5,185 49% 3,940 38% 362 3% 1,167 11% 93%
1991 9,564 4,427 46% 3,729 39% 199 2% 1,130 12% 93%
1990 9,831 4,005 41% 4,030 41% 280 3% 1,515 15% 92%

 

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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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