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Arizona Marijuana Sales

Arizona Metropolitan Area Counties
1995 Marijuana Sales Arrests by Race

(Data Source: Uniform Crime Reports. See below for notes.)

		ALL			BLACK			WHITE			AM. INDIAN			ASIAN-PAC.
METROPOLITAN AREA	JURISDICTION	TL	POP	RATE	TL	POP (est)	RATE	TL	POP (est)	RATE	TL	POP (est)	RATE	TL	POP (est)	RATE
All listed below.	All listed below.	980	3,339,271	29.35	64	126,051	50.77	884	3,055,073	28.94	30	87,210	34.40	2	70,925	2.82
Las Vegas, Nv.-Az.	Mohave	32	119,400	26.80	1	430	232.64	31	115,030	26.95	0	2,925	0.00	0	1,003	0.00
Phoenix-Mesa, Az.	Maricopa	581	2,318,079	25.06	46	92,723	49.61	528	2,127,765	24.81	5	46,130	10.84	2	51,461	3.89
Phoenix-Mesa, Az.	Pinal	49	107,419	45.62	3	3,781	79.34	29	91,811	31.59	17	11,172	152.17	0	655	0.00
Tucson, Az.	Pima	312	749,845	41.61	14	27,594	50.74	290	678,985	42.71	8	26,245	30.48	0	17,021	0.00
Yuma, Az.	Yuma	6	44,528	13.47	0	1,523	0.00	6	41,482	14.46	0	739	0.00	0	784	0.00

Notes:

TL: Total arrests.

POP: Coverage population of reporting law enforcement agencies.

RATE: Arrest Rate per 100,000 population.

Original Source: Uniform Crime Reports, 1995.

Data are total for reporting agencies. Population estimates by race are based on application of U.S. Census percentages of total population to the coverage population in which the arrests occurred. The racial categories and labels are as defined and used in the Uniform Crime Reports. Unfortunately separate data on arrests of Hispanics are not available.

The Uniform Crime Reports provides data on all drug arrests as well as data of arrests for drug possession and sales. Four categories are used to provide more specific data on arrests for different types of controlled substances: 1) Opium and Cocaine and their derivatives (such as Crack, Morphine, Heroin); 2) Marijuana; 3) Synthetic Narcotics - Manufactured Narcotics which can cause true drug addiction (such as Demerol, Methadone); 4) Other Dangerous Non-Narcotic Drugs (such as Barbiturates, Benzedrine, and Methamphetamine).

Primary Source: Chilton, Rowland, and Dee Weber. UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PROGRAM [UNITED STATES]: ARRESTS BY AGE, SEX, AND RACE FOR POLICE AGENCIES IN METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS, 1960-1995[Computer file]. ICPSR version. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts [producer], 1998.Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor],1999.

Citation: Gettman, Jon B. "US Marijuana Arrests. Part Two - Racial Differences in Drug Arrests". Washington, D.C.: National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. (2000)