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| Year |
Total
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Annual
Change |
Total
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Annual
Change |
Total
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Annual
Change |
| 1990 | 326,850 | 10,205,916 | 20,454,352 | |||
| 1991 | 287,850 | -11.9% | 9,721,360 | -4.7% | 19,234,931 | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 342,314 | 18.9% | 8,950,197 | -7.9% | 17,400,256 | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 380,689 | 11.2% | 8,992,012 | 0.5% | 18,573,265 | 6.7% |
| 1994 | 481,098 | 26.4% | 10,112,440 | 12.5% | 17,812,545 | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 588,964 | 22.4% | 9,842,460 | -2.7% | 17,754,695 | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 641,641 | 8.9% | 10,094,891 | 2.6% | 18,398,308 | 3.6% |
| 1997 | 695,200 | 8.3% | 11,108,598 | 10.0% | 19,446,161 | 5.7% |
| 1998 | 682,886 | -1.8% | 11,015,866 | -0.8% | 18,710,020 | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 704,812 | 3.2% | 10,458,464 | -5.1% | 19,081,627 | 2.0% |
| 2000 | 734,498 | 4.2% | 10,713,680 | 2.4% | 18,611,085 | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 723,627 | -1.5% | 12,122,015 | 13.1% | 21,065,231 | 13.2% |
| 2002 | 697,082 | -3.7% | 14,584,000 |
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| 2003 | 755,186 | 8.3% | 14,638,000 | 0.4% | 25,231,000 | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 771,605 | 2.2% | 14,576,000 | -0.4% | 25,451,000 | 0.9% |
| 2005 | 786,454 | 1.9% | 14,626,000 | 0.3% | 25,375,000 | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 829,627 | 5.5% | 14,813,000 | 1.3% | 25,378,000 | 0.0% |
| 2007 | 872,720 | 5.2% | 14,448,000 | -2.5% | 25,085,000 | -1.2% |
Notes:
In 2002 a change in NSDUH survey prodedures resulted in an increase in estimates of the population of marijuana users. NSDUH is a very extrensive survey, and many respondents were not completing the entire survey. In order to encourage respondents to answer every question in the survey the NSDUH began to pay respondents to complete the survey in 2002. As a result of this change in data collection procedures estimates of the nation’s populationof marijuana users changed significantly, increasing by nearly 20%.
Sources:Crime in the United States, National Survey on Drug Use and Health