Table 1 Marijuana Arrests-Large U.S. Counties – 1990 and 2002****
From: The war on marijuana: The transformation of the war on drugs in the 1990s
County | 1990 Sale | 2002 Sale | % Growth | 1990 Poss. | 2002 Poss. | % Growth | 1990 Total | 2002 Total | % Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |