North Carolina 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 48,483 16,930 35% 27,748 57% 1,329 3% 2,456 5% 100%
2006 44,759 16,222 36% 24,765 55% 667 1% 3,078 7% 100%
2005 46,341 16,895 36% 25,085 54% 617 1% 3,705 8% 100%
2004 46,655 15,847 34% 25,667 55% 589 1% 4,516 10% 100%
2003 46,166 14,538 31% 25,410 55% 526 1% 5,650 12% 100%
2002 42,026 13,617 32% 23,061 55% 725 2% 4,605 11% 96%
2001 39,287 13,225 34% 20,794 53% 573 1% 4,678 12% 94%
2000 40,433 13,264 33% 23,718 59% 541 1% 2,868 7% 94%
1999 40,082 13,274 33% 22,392 56% 206 1% 2,755 7% 91%
1998 42,528 15,890 37% 22,589 53% 342 1% 3,457 8% 91%
1997 41,973 15,102 36% 23,008 55% 404 1% 3,395 8% 91%
1996 36,163 14,190 39% 18,441 51% 334 1% 3,120 9% 91%
1995 33,063 13,526 41% 15,554 47% 506 2% 2,986 9% 94%
1994 30,852 13,767 45% 13,756 45% 409 1% 2,847 9% 94%
1993 26,972 12,852 48% 11,282 42% 2,229 8% 2,140 8% 93%
1992 29,284 14,573 50% 11,705 40% 2,793 10% 2,367 8% 94%
1991 27,202 13,918 51% 10,302 38% 648 2% 2,302 8% 94%
1990 26,150 12,477 48% 11,043 42% 515 2% 1,982 8% 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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