Tennessee 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 44,142 10,962 25% 23,184 53% 2,740 6% 6,697 15% 100%
2006 39,082 11,118 28% 19,185 49% 2,047 5% 6,182 16% 100%
2005 39,534 10,991 28% 19,516 49% 1,869 5% 6,679 17% 100%
2004 36,243 8,688 24% 18,438 51% 1,764 5% 6,870 19% 100%
2003 32,659 7,525 23% 17,538 54% 1,253 4% 5,916 18% 100%
2002 24,037 5,432 23% 13,486 56% 818 3% 3,965 16% 97%
2001 23,787 4,976 21% 14,356 60% 694 3% 3,480 15% 96%
2000 25,537 5,708 22% 15,455 61% 608 2% 3,438 13% 97%
1999 26,538 3,495 13% 12,615 48% 776 3% 2,966 11% 94%
1998 29,434 4,004 14% 10,692 36% 1,748 6% 2,117 7% 94%
1997 28,480 5,172 18% 11,294 40% 2,711 10% 1,131 4% 93%
1996 26,904 4,489 17% 10,737 40% 2,559 10% 1,124 4% 93%
1995 25,464 4,668 18% 12,140 48% 826 3% 1,305 5% 96%
1994 21,665 3,456 16% 8,074 37% 442 2% 563 3% 95%
1993 14,591 2,189 15% 4,608 32% 1,626 11% 464 3% 95%
1992 12,485 1,304 10% 3,569 29% 1,591 13% 280 2% 95%
1991 14,434 1,338 9% 3,457 24% 779 5% 447 3% 95%
1990 11,776 1,056 9% 3,025 26% 647 5% 178 2% 94%

 

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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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