Arrests for Drug Abuse Violations Percent Distribution by Region, 2012
Arrests for Drug Abuse Violations
Percent Distribution by Region, 2012
| Drug abuse violations |
United States total |
Northeast | Midwest | South | West | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| Sale/Manufacturing: | Total | 17.8 | 21.2 | 18.8 | 17.4 | 15.5 |
| Heroin or cocaine and their derivatives | 6.1 | 11.5 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 4.4 | |
| Marijuana | 5.9 | 6.1 | 8.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | |
| Synthetic or manufactured drugs | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 0.6 | |
| Other dangerous nonnarcotic drugs | 4.0 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 5.3 | |
| Possession: | Total | 82.2 | 78.8 | 81.2 | 82.6 | 84.5 |
| Heroin or cocaine and their derivatives | 16.5 | 17.2 | 9.8 | 13.6 | 24.0 | |
| Marijuana | 42.4 | 46.9 | 51.9 | 51.0 | 22.1 | |
| Synthetic or manufactured drugs | 4.5 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 2.9 | |
| Other dangerous nonnarcotic drugs | 18.7 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 11.8 | 35.5 |
- 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
