Washington 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 34,222 3,741 11% 16,473 48% 5,389 16% 8,596 25% 100%
2006 34,066 3,944 12% 14,434 42% 5,484 16% 9,166 27% 100%
2005 28,888 3,900 14% 12,188 42% 5,401 19% 6,572 23% 100%
2004 28,577 3,899 14% 12,287 43% 5,477 19% 3,492 12% 100%
2003 30,815 4,938 16% 14,726 48% 6,709 22% 3,855 13% 100%
2002 28,676 4,144 14% 13,712 48% 4,537 16% 6,062 21% 96%
2001 29,962 5,249 18% 14,272 48% 5,294 18% 4,598 15% 95%
2000 29,373 5,392 18% 14,475 49% 5,292 18% 4,193 14% 95%
1999 26,636 5,804 22% 13,137 49% 3,962 15% 3,693 14% 94%
1998 28,550 4,787 17% 13,141 46% 3,541 12% 7,067 25% 94%
1997 26,826 4,254 16% 12,670 47% 3,805 14% 6,090 23% 94%
1996 24,633 4,935 20% 11,392 46% 2,456 10% 5,828 24% 94%
1995 22,805 4,836 21% 9,088 40% 2,688 12% 6,137 27% 94%
1994 20,287 5,287 26% 8,084 40% 1,365 7% 5,421 27% 94%
1993 11,967 3,008 25% 5,813 49% 3,574 30% 2,392 20% 94%
1992 10,972 3,077 28% 5,292 48% 1,516 14% 2,008 18% 93%
1991 9,859 2,345 24% 4,570 46% 309 3% 2,140 22% 92%
1990 10,717 2,771 26% 4,631 43% 372 3% 2,378 22% 91%

 

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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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