Vermont 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 1,654 243 15% 928 56% 95 6% 355 21% 100%
2006 1,914 274 14% 1,083 57% 89 5% 422 22% 100%
2005 1,621 290 18% 855 53% 68 4% 371 23% 100%
2004 1,630 234 14% 936 57% 72 4% 343 21% 100%
2003 1,610 285 18% 848 53% 52 3% 381 24% 100%
2002 1,717 233 14% 776 45% 33 2% 606 35% 99%
2001 1,540 161 10% 670 44% 16 1% 624 41% 99%
2000 1,432 124 9% 697 49% 7 0% 551 38% 98%
1999 1,370 74 5% 709 52% 7 1% 521 38% 96%
1998 766 57 7% 337 44% 3 0% 334 44% 96%
1997 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
1996 238 54 23% 160 67% 0 0% 11 5% 97%
1995 554 68 12% 414 75% 2 0% 36 6% 99%
1994 491 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 98%
1993 347 21 6% 297 86% 30 9% 26 7% 98%
1992 289 16 6% 201 70% 31 11% 6 2% 97%
1991 437 15 3% 309 71% 2 0% 11 3% 97%
1990 498 35 7% 412 83% 4 1% 10 2% 97%

 

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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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