Substance Use and Abuse in Durham County - Stablerack
Substance Use and Abuse in Durham County - Stablerack
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# Arrests for sales<br />
arrests for possession of opium or coca<strong>in</strong>e has been decl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g s<strong>in</strong>ce 2007 (744 <strong>in</strong> 2008 <strong>and</strong> 2009<br />
compared to 612 <strong>in</strong> 2010 <strong>and</strong> 2011) (see Figure 13).<br />
While arrests for sales/manufactur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> possession of opium <strong>and</strong> coca<strong>in</strong>e appear to be down,<br />
the story differs for marijuana sales. Arrests for sales/manufactur<strong>in</strong>g were similar <strong>in</strong> 2008-2009<br />
<strong>and</strong> 2010-2011 (234 vs. 198). However, arrests for possession of marijuana decl<strong>in</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
same years from 1058 to 827.<br />
600<br />
Opium or Coca<strong>in</strong>e Marijuana Synthetic Narcotics<br />
Other Dangerous Drugs<br />
Total<br />
522<br />
500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
458<br />
390<br />
298<br />
472<br />
387 371<br />
233<br />
445<br />
318<br />
475 474 458 457<br />
437<br />
384 389<br />
376 362<br />
333 349<br />
145<br />
435<br />
298<br />
367<br />
244<br />
416<br />
273<br />
316<br />
200<br />
100<br />
0<br />
249<br />
183<br />
176<br />
129 124 128 125<br />
107 100 100<br />
106<br />
88<br />
93<br />
81 78 84 78<br />
60<br />
64<br />
73<br />
41<br />
57<br />
2 4<br />
4 7 5 5 3 4 3 7 4 3<br />
8 3<br />
6 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 10 9 12 3 5 7 3<br />
Source: NC State Bureau of Investigation<br />
[Figure 12]<br />
Arrests for sale of drugs <strong>in</strong> <strong>Durham</strong> <strong>County</strong>, 1995-2011<br />
<strong>Substance</strong> <strong>Use</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Abuse</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Durham</strong> <strong>County</strong> 28