Arrest Table
Arrests for Drug Abuse Violations
Percent Distribution by Region, 2017
| Drug abuse violations |
United States total |
Northeast | Midwest | South | West | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| Sale/Manufacturing: | Total | 14.6 | 20.3 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 10.2 |
| Heroin or cocaine and their derivatives | 5.2 | 11.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 | |
| Marijuana | 3.7 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 1.7 | |
| Synthetic or manufactured drugs | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 0.4 | |
| Other dangerous nonnarcotic drugs | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | |
| Possession: | Total | 85.4 | 79.7 | 86.1 | 84.3 | 89.8 |
| Heroin or cocaine and their derivatives | 20.6 | 22.2 | 12.2 | 14.0 | 34.5 | |
| Marijuana | 36.7 | 44.3 | 48.1 | 44.9 | 13.6 | |
| Synthetic or manufactured drugs | 4.8 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 2.5 | |
| Other dangerous nonnarcotic drugs | 23.3 | 9.4 | 20.6 | 18.7 | 39.1 |
- 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
