Utah 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 10,626 2,078 20% 4,288 40% 409 4% 3,652 34% 99%
2006 9,712 1,426 15% 4,045 42% 457 5% 3,625 37% 100%
2005 9,494 1,123 12% 3,852 41% 401 4% 4,005 42% 99%
2004 9,774 950 10% 4,484 46% 509 5% 3,671 38% 99%
2003 9,596 931 10% 4,561 48% 481 5% 3,492 36% 100%
2002 9,273 796 9% 4,609 50% 380 4% 3,347 36% 93%
2001 9,125 773 8% 4,862 53% 351 4% 2,547 28% 91%
2000 8,732 926 11% 4,503 52% 291 3% 2,586 30% 92%
1999 8,830 914 10% 4,322 49% 364 4% 2,342 27% 90%
1998 9,384 855 9% 4,329 46% 466 5% 2,094 22% 90%
1997 12,577 1,607 13% 6,805 54% 888 7% 2,720 22% 90%
1996 11,373 2,505 22% 4,869 43% 400 4% 3,303 29% 89%
1995 10,077 1,980 20% 4,831 48% 618 6% 2,570 26% 92%
1994 8,965 1,664 19% 3,972 44% 499 6% 1,294 14% 91%
1993 5,472 1,078 20% 3,025 55% 611 11% 853 16% 90%
1992 4,131 640 15% 2,536 61% 731 18% 690 17% 90%
1991 3,484 630 18% 2,077 60% 173 5% 477 14% 90%
1990 3,292 692 21% 1,793 54% 119 4% 389 12% 89%

 

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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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