New statistics have been released by the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI concerning crime in the United States in 2007. Since 1996, local and state law enforcement agencies have been reporting arrest records to an FBI program called the Uniform Crime Reporting program, giving us a fairly accurate portrait over the last decade of trends in property and violent crimes, as well as officers killed and hate crimes.
Out of all the statistics that bear examination, the records of drug arrests are perhaps the most intriguing and controversial. Total drug arrests were around 1.8 million. Within that figure, marijuana arrests made up almost half of total drug arrests, with around 873,000 arrested on marijuana charges. Unsurprisingly, a vast majority, 775,000 or 89%, were for simple possession. In total, marijuana arrests are up 167% since 1990, and have increased in each of the last five years.
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