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Marijuana Arrests-Large U.S. Counties – 1990 and 2002**** |
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| County |
1990 Sale |
2002 Sale |
% Growth |
1990 Poss. |
2002 Poss. |
% Growth |
1990 Total |
2002 Total |
% Growth |
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| Los Angeles (CA) |
6,708 |
2,868 |
-57 |
5,638 |
12,929 |
129 |
12,346 |
15,797 |
28 |
| Cook (IL)* |
8,974 |
N/A |
N/A |
1,597 |
N/A |
N/A |
10,571 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Harris (TX) |
68 |
38 |
-44 |
1,593 |
7,174 |
349 |
1,661 |
7,212 |
334 |
| Maricopa (AZ) |
563 |
462 |
-18 |
3,529 |
6,194 |
76 |
4, s092 |
6,656 |
63 |
| Orange (CA) |
636 |
579 |
-9 |
3,128 |
6,466 |
107 |
3,764 |
7,045 |
87 |
| San Diego (CA) |
1,588 |
756 |
-52 |
3,162 |
4,950 |
57 |
4,750 |
5,706 |
20 |
| Miami-Dade (FL)* |
1,279 |
N/A |
N/A |
3,926 |
N/A |
N/A |
5,205 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Dallas (TX) |
174 |
260 |
49 |
2,483 |
2,992 |
20 |
2,657 |
3,252 |
22 |
| Wayne (MI) |
182 |
223 |
23 |
1,009 |
2,357 |
134 |
1,191 |
2,580 |
117 |
| King (WA) |
94 |
187 |
99 |
639 |
3,608 |
465 |
733 |
3,795 |
418 |
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| Philadelphia (PA) |
468 |
2,449 |
423 |
358 |
3,774 |
954 |
826 |
6,223 |
653 |
| Middlesex (MA) |
93 |
233 |
151 |
676 |
1,274 |
88 |
769 |
1,507 |
96 |
| Cuyahoga (OH) |
161 |
141 |
-12 |
732 |
1,032 |
41 |
893 |
1,173 |
31 |
| Clark (NV) |
9 |
560 |
6,122 |
98 |
3,472 |
3,443 |
107 |
4,032 |
3,668 |
| Hennepin (MN) |
25 |
467 |
1768 |
739 |
1,184 |
60 |
764 |
1,651 |
116 |
| St. Louis (MO) |
106 |
126 |
19 |
617 |
1,625 |
163 |
723 |
1,751 |
142 |
| Fairfax (VA) |
53 |
18 |
-66 |
383 |
258 |
-33 |
436 |
276 |
-37 |
| Milwaukee (WI) |
363 |
840 |
131 |
1,542 |
2,228 |
44 |
1,905 |
3,068 |
61 |
| Shelby (TN) |
34 |
584 |
1,618 |
91 |
1,790 |
1,867 |
125 |
2,374 |
1,799 |
| Fulton (GA) |
314 |
776 |
147 |
2,750 |
3,757 |
37 |
3,064 |
4,533 |
48 |
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**** – Cook County, Illinois and Miami-Dade County, Florida did not provide marijuana arrest statistics to the Uniform Crime Report in 2002. | |||||||||
King and Mauer Harm Reduction Journal 2006 3:6 doi:10.1186/1477-7517-3-6 |
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