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  1. 3.7% of those sentenced to state prison had drug possession as their most serious offense. 10.4% of those sentenced to state prison had another drug charge as their most serious offense including the manufacture and sale of drugs. 1/3rd of all state prisoners and jail inmates committed their crimes in order to get drugs or get money for drugs.

  2. In 2020, law enforcement agencies in the US made an estimated 7,632,473 arrests for all offenses, of which 1,155,610 were drug arrests. Although the intent of a 'War on Drugs' may have been to target drug smugglers and 'King Pins,' of the 1,155,610 arrests for drug law violations in 2020, 86.7% (1,001,914) were for mere possession of a ...

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  4. Nov 16, 2022 · More than 300,000 people were arrested for cannabis possession in 2020, FBI records show. Meanwhile, the drug is being legally sold for a profit in 19 states. That arrest number may sound high, but arrests have actually been going down each year since 2010 as more states legalize medical or recreational use of the drug.

  5. 1. Total Annual Drug Arrests In The United States By Offense Type. 2022: Of the estimated 907,958 arrests for drug law violations in the United States in 2022, 87.8% (797,187) were for possession of a controlled substance and 12.2% (110,771) were for sale or manufacture of a drug. 2020: Of the estimated 1,155,610 arrests for drug law violations ...

  6. Nov 16, 2022 · CC BY-ND. More than 300,000 people were arrested for cannabis possession in 2020, FBI records show. Meanwhile, the drug is being legally sold for a profit in 19 states.. That arrest number may ...

  7. Crime in the United States 2020 - Arrests and Arrest Table: Arrests for Drug Abuse Violations. Washington, DC: US Dept. of Justice, September 2021. "Crime in the United States 2019 - Arrests," FBI Uniform Crime Report (Washington, DC: US Dept. of Justice, September 2020), p. 2, and Arrest Table: Arrests for Drug Abuse Violations.

  8. Dec 6, 2021 · Law enforcement agencies submitted data to the UCR Program through incident reports and arrest reports for 3,621,299 arrestees. Of these arrestees, 31.9% were 26 to 35 years of age. By gender, 72. ...

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