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Drug Enforcement Administration

Domestic Arrests

Calendar Year  Number of Arrests 
2019                        27,819
2018                        26,645
2017                        27,307
2016                        29,067
2015                        31,618
2014                        30,083
2013                        31,051
2012                        31,105
2011                        32,543
2010                        31,423
2009                        31,866
2008                        28,601
2007                        29,881
2006                        30,628
2005                        30,369
2004                        30,484
2003                        28,719
2002                        30,061
2001                        34,041
2000                        39,007
1999                        39,461
1998                        37,676
1997                        33,503
1996                        28,894
1995                        24,908
1994                        22,842
1993                        21,409
1992                        24,206
1991                        23,384
1990                        22,584
1989                        24,905
1988                        24,661
1987                        22,392
1986                        19,635
TOTAL                     954,959

Note: The data presented may change with successive extractions as new data accrue to the DEA's official database.

Source: DEA (SMARTS)

Defendant Statistical System (DSS) 

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