Synthetic Drug Arrests (1977 - 2004)
by Offense Type

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports

Synthetic Drug Arrests: Number and Distribution of Arrests (1977 - 2004)
			Possession Arrests		Sales/Manufacture Arrests
Year	Synthetic Drug Arrests	% of Drug Law Arrests	Number	% of Syn. Drug Arrests	Number	% of Syn. Drug Arrests
1977	17,996	2.8	12,211	67.9	5,784	32.1
1978	16,975	2.7	11,317	66.7	5,658	33.3
1979	18,434	3.3	12,289	66.7	5,586	30.3
1980	22,074	3.8	15,684	71.1	6,390	28.9
1981	20,156	3.6	13,998	69.4	6,159	30.6
1982	25,012	3.7	17,576	70.3	7,436	29.7
1983	21,826	3.3	13,889	63.6	7,937	36.4
1984	19,127	2.7	12,043	63.0	6,376	33.3
1985	19,474	2.4	12,982	66.7	6,491	33.3
1986	21,427	2.6	14,834	69.2	6,593	30.8
1987	25,310	2.7	16,873	66.7	8,437	33.3
1988	31,190	2.7	21,949	70.4	9,242	29.6
1989	28,596	2.1	19,064	66.7	9,532	33.3
1990	22,880	2.1	16,343	71.4	6,537	28.6
1991	22,220	2.2	14,140	63.6	8,080	36.4
1992	20,262	1.9	12,797	63.2	7,465	36.8
1993	20,273	1.8	13,516	66.7	6,758	33.3
1994	22,974	1.7	16,217	70.6	6,757	29.4
1995	32,474	2.2	22,142	68.2	10,333	31.8
1996	30,124	2.0	21,087	70.0	9,037	30.0
1997	41,174	2.6	28,505	69.2	12,669	30.8
1998	45,214	2.9	29,623	65.5	15,591	34.5
1999	48,270	3.1	29,585	61.3	18,685	38.7
2000	52,126	3.3	34,750	66.7	17,375	33.3
2001	65,063	4.1	42,846	65.9	22,217	34.1
2002	67,708	4.4	46,164	68.2	21,543	31.8
2003	77,197	4.6	52,024	67.4	25,173	32.6
2004	89,031	5.1	61,100	68.6	27,931	31.4
Grand Totals:	944,585	3.0	635,547	67.3	307,771	32.6

Note: Possession vs sales distribution data not available before 1977