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More Drug Offenders
Number and percentage of prisoners whose most serious crime was a drug offense.

YEAR TOTAL
DRUG
OFFENDERS		 % OF PRISON
POPULATION
1980 311 4%
1981 333 4%
1982 437 4%
1983 462 4%
1984 NA NA
1985 614 4%
1986 730 5%
1987 NA NA
1988 1194 7%
1989 NA NA
1990 3161 14%
1991 3972 17%
1992 4404 18%
1993 4450 17%
1994 4811 17%
1995 5349 17%
1996 5218 15%
1997 4846 14%
1998 4890 13%
1999 5005 14%
2000 NA NA

About the Data
The data is incomplete for many states because authorities often do not collect statistics on drug offenders. Source: This state's Department of Corrections.

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