West Virginia 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 5,523 1,277 23% 2,992 54% 506 9% 657 12% 100%
2006 8,009 2,024 25% 4,238 53% 739 9% 895 11% 100%
2005 6,583 1,617 25% 3,599 55% 543 8% 703 11% 100%
2004 5,400 1,100 20% 3,264 60% 398 7% 587 11% 100%
2003 3,645 796 22% 2,237 61% 264 7% 310 9% 100%
2002 2,926 361 12% 2,089 71% 165 6% 284 10% 99%
2001 2,882 309 11% 2,137 74% 151 5% 268 9% 99%
2000 3,770 467 12% 2,866 76% 126 3% 277 7% 100%
1999 3,520 505 14% 2,686 76% 98 3% 174 5% 100%
1998 4,237 663 16% 3,286 78% 176 4% 107 3% 100%
1997 4,239 654 15% 3,323 78% 152 4% 106 3% 101%
1996 4,348 766 18% 3,354 77% 78 2% 142 3% 101%
1995 3,543 725 20% 2,592 73% 144 4% 73 2% 101%
1994 2,644 594 22% 1,778 67% 216 8% 55 2% 101%
1993 2,168 569 26% 1,408 65% 335 15% 55 3% 100%
1992 1,987 523 26% 1,309 66% 325 16% 37 2% 100%
1991 1,872 448 24% 1,301 70% 82 4% 40 2% 99%
1990 1,574 397 25% 1,070 68% 88 6% 14 1% 99%

 

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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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