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Drug abuse violation arrests
Data on drug abuse violation arrests are from the
FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) which collects information
on crimes reported to law enforcement authorities by victims and voluntarily
submitted by the agencies to the FBI. The offenses included are homicide,
forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor
vehicle theft, and arson. The UCR also collects reports of arrests by law
enforcement agencies for the offenses listed above as well as 21 additional
offenses including drug abuse violations.
Drug abuse violations are
defined as State or local offenses relating to the unlawful possession,
sale, use, growing, and manufacturing of narcotic drugs including opium
or cocaine and their derivatives, marijuana, synthetic narcotics, and
dangerous nonnarcotic drugs such as barbiturates.
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of the Drug Abuse Violation Arrests
chart.
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