Arrest Table
Arrests for Drug Abuse Violations
Percent Distribution by Region, 2019
| Drug abuse violations |
United States total |
Northeast | Midwest | South | West | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| Sale/Manufacturing: | Total | 13.3 | 15.8 | 12.2 | 15.8 | 9.6 |
| Heroin or cocaine and their derivatives | 4.2 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.2 | |
| Marijuana | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 1.4 | |
| Synthetic or manufactured drugs | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 0.4 | |
| Other dangerous nonnarcotic drugs | 4.4 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 | |
| Possession: | Total | 86.7 | 84.2 | 87.8 | 84.2 | 90.4 |
| Heroin or cocaine and their derivatives | 19.6 | 17.4 | 12.9 | 14.2 | 30.7 | |
| Marijuana | 32.1 | 48.2 | 40.4 | 39.4 | 11.3 | |
| Synthetic or manufactured drugs | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 2.4 | |
| Other dangerous nonnarcotic drugs | 31.0 | 15.2 | 29.7 | 25.3 | 46.0 |
- 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
