Wyoming 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.
2006 3,243 197 6% 2,145 66% 573 18% 319 10% 100%
2005 3,327 87 3% 1,992 60% 801 24% 445 13% 100%
2004 3,110 69 2% 2,091 67% 534 17% 412 13% 100%
2003 2,729 88 3% 1,795 66% 385 14% 456 17% 100%
2002 2,770 88 3% 1,928 70% 257 9% 495 18% 98%
2001 2,749 61 2% 2,088 76% 219 8% 380 14% 97%
2000 2,319 93 4% 1,797 77% 107 5% 320 14% 98%
1999 2,381 71 3% 1,801 76% 113 5% 394 17% 96%
1998 2,280 52 2% 1,638 72% 141 6% 417 18% 96%
1997 1,923 82 4% 1,368 71% 112 6% 333 17% 97%
1996 1,616 42 3% 1,117 69% 34 2% 411 25% 97%
1995 1,582 69 4% 1,019 64% 74 5% 391 25% 100%
1994 1,207 62 5% 771 64% 44 4% 324 27% 99%
1993 873 60 7% 645 74% 94 11% 142 16% 98%
1992 595 59 10% 427 72% 92 15% 87 15% 97%
1991 456 51 11% 343 75% 19 4% 34 7% 96%
1990 550 56 10% 399 73% 33 6% 31 6% 96%

 

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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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