Trends in Synthetic Drug Arrests
(1970 - 2004)

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports

Year	Drug Law Arrests	Synthetic Drugs Arrests	% of Drug Law Arrests	% of All Arrests
1970	415,600	22,858	5.5	0.3
1971	492,000	31,980	6.5	0.4
1972	527,400	46,939	8.9	0.5
1973	628,900	33,332	5.3	0.4
1974	642,100	27,610	4.3	0.3
1975	601,400	28,266	4.7	0.3
1976	609,500	18,285	3.0	0.2
1977	642,700	17,996	2.8	0.2
1978	628,700	16,975	2.7	0.2
1979	558,600	18,434	3.3	0.2
1980	580,900	22,074	3.8	0.2
1981	559,900	20,156	3.6	0.2
1982	676,000	25,012	3.7	0.2
1983	661,400	21,826	3.3	0.2
1984	708,400	19,127	2.7	0.2
1985	811,400	19,474	2.4	0.2
1986	824,100	21,427	2.6	0.2
1987	937,400	25,310	2.7	0.2
1988	1,155,200	31,190	2.7	0.2
1989	1,361,700	28,596	2.1	0.2
1990	1,089,500	22,880	2.1	0.2
1991	1,010,000	22,220	2.2	0.2
1992	1,066,400	20,262	1.9	0.1
1993	1,126,300	20,273	1.8	0.1
1994	1,351,400	22,974	1.7	0.2
1995	1,476,100	32,474	2.2	0.2
1996	1,506,200	30,124	2.0	0.2
1997	1,583,600	41,174	2.6	0.3
1998	1,559,100	45,214	2.9	0.3
1999	1,557,100	48,270	3.1	0.3
2000	1,579,566	52,126	3.3	0.4
2001	1,586,902	65,063	4.1	0.5
2002	1,538,813	67,708	4.4	0.5
2003	1,678,192	77,197	4.6	0.6
2004	1,745,712	89,031	5.1	0.6
Grand Totals:	33,732,473	1,064,823	3.2	0.2